[PATCH] mtd: spinand: fix NULL pointer dereference in spinand_support_vendor_ops()
From: Md Sadre Alam
Date: Fri Feb 06 2026 - 03:38:53 EST
The spinand_support_vendor_ops() helper unconditionally dereferences
info->vendor_ops. For chips that do not define vendor_ops, this pointer
is NULL, leading to a kernel panic during probe:
Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address
0000000000000008
Add a guard to return early when vendor_ops is NULL. This prevents the
crash and allows SPI NAND devices without vendor-specific operations to
be probed correctly.
Fixes: fbc7538782f8 ("mtd: spinand: List vendor specific operations and make sure they are supported")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Md Sadre Alam <quic_mdalam@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/mtd/nand/spi/core.c | 2 ++
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
diff --git a/drivers/mtd/nand/spi/core.c b/drivers/mtd/nand/spi/core.c
index 514f653f27f3..29fb2ac19569 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/nand/spi/core.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/nand/spi/core.c
@@ -1435,6 +1435,8 @@ static int spinand_support_vendor_ops(struct spinand_device *spinand,
{
int i;
+ if (!info->vendor_ops)
+ return 0;
/*
* The vendor ops array is only used in order to verify this chip and all its memory
* operations are supported. If we see patterns emerging, we could ideally name these
--
2.34.1