Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] staging: greybus: audio: fix NULL dereference in gb_audio_manager_get_module()

[Dan Carpenter]

On Fri, Feb 20, 2026 at 06:30:10AM +0000, Hardik Phalet wrote:
> gb_audio_manager_get_module() calls gb_audio_manager_get_locked(), which
> can return NULL when the requested id does not exist. The returned
> pointer is dereferenced unconditionally via kobject_get(), leading to a
> NULL pointer dereference.
> 
> Only take a kobject reference when the module is found.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Hardik Phalet <hardik.phalet@xxxxx>
> ---
>  drivers/staging/greybus/audio_manager.c | 3 ++-
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/greybus/audio_manager.c b/drivers/staging/greybus/audio_manager.c
> index 27ca5f796c5f..1da8804e61ca 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/greybus/audio_manager.c
> +++ b/drivers/staging/greybus/audio_manager.c
> @@ -111,7 +111,8 @@ struct gb_audio_manager_module *gb_audio_manager_get_module(int id)

I don't think this gb_audio_manager_get_module() function is ever
called.  If it is then we need a Fixes tag.

regards,
dan carpenter