[PATCH] iio: frequency: admv1013: fix NULL pointer dereference on str

From: Antoniu Miclaus

Date: Fri Feb 27 2026 - 08:18:39 EST


When device_property_read_string() fails, str is left uninitialized
but the code falls through to strcmp(str, ...), dereferencing a garbage
pointer. Replace manual read/strcmp with device_property_match_string()
which handles the missing property case internally.

Fixes: da35a7b526d9 ("iio: frequency: admv1013: add support for ADMV1013")
Signed-off-by: Antoniu Miclaus <antoniu.miclaus@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/iio/frequency/admv1013.c | 23 +++++------------------
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/iio/frequency/admv1013.c b/drivers/iio/frequency/admv1013.c
index 9202443ef445..a1f88138939d 100644
--- a/drivers/iio/frequency/admv1013.c
+++ b/drivers/iio/frequency/admv1013.c
@@ -515,34 +515,21 @@ static void admv1013_powerdown(void *data)
static int admv1013_properties_parse(struct admv1013_state *st)
{
int ret;
- const char *str;
struct device *dev = &st->spi->dev;

st->det_en = device_property_read_bool(dev, "adi,detector-enable");

- ret = device_property_read_string(dev, "adi,input-mode", &str);
- if (ret)
- st->input_mode = ADMV1013_IQ_MODE;
-
- if (!strcmp(str, "iq"))
- st->input_mode = ADMV1013_IQ_MODE;
- else if (!strcmp(str, "if"))
+ if (device_property_match_string(dev, "adi,input-mode", "if") >= 0)
st->input_mode = ADMV1013_IF_MODE;
else
- return -EINVAL;
-
- ret = device_property_read_string(dev, "adi,quad-se-mode", &str);
- if (ret)
- st->quad_se_mode = ADMV1013_SE_MODE_DIFF;
+ st->input_mode = ADMV1013_IQ_MODE;

- if (!strcmp(str, "diff"))
- st->quad_se_mode = ADMV1013_SE_MODE_DIFF;
- else if (!strcmp(str, "se-pos"))
+ if (device_property_match_string(dev, "adi,quad-se-mode", "se-pos") >= 0)
st->quad_se_mode = ADMV1013_SE_MODE_POS;
- else if (!strcmp(str, "se-neg"))
+ else if (device_property_match_string(dev, "adi,quad-se-mode", "se-neg") >= 0)
st->quad_se_mode = ADMV1013_SE_MODE_NEG;
else
- return -EINVAL;
+ st->quad_se_mode = ADMV1013_SE_MODE_DIFF;

ret = devm_regulator_bulk_get_enable(dev,
ARRAY_SIZE(admv1013_vcc_regs),
--
2.43.0