[PATCH] firmware: arm_scmi: Fix NULL dereference on notify error path
From: Cristian Marussi
Date: Thu Mar 05 2026 - 08:10:42 EST
Since commit b5daf93b809d1 ("firmware: arm_scmi: Avoid notifier
registration for unsupported events") the call chains leading to the helper
__scmi_event_handler_get_ops expect an ERR_PTR to be returned on failure to
get an handler for the requested event key, while the current helper can
still return a NULL when no handler could be found or created.
Fix by forcing an ERR_PTR return value when the handler reference is NULL.
Fixes: b5daf93b809d1 ("firmware: arm_scmi: Avoid notifier registration for unsupported events")
Signed-off-by: Cristian Marussi <cristian.marussi@xxxxxxx>
---
drivers/firmware/arm_scmi/notify.c | 4 ++--
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/firmware/arm_scmi/notify.c b/drivers/firmware/arm_scmi/notify.c
index 9168794adae4..40ec184eedae 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/arm_scmi/notify.c
+++ b/drivers/firmware/arm_scmi/notify.c
@@ -1066,7 +1066,7 @@ static int scmi_register_event_handler(struct scmi_notify_instance *ni,
* since at creation time we usually want to have all setup and ready before
* events really start flowing.
*
- * Return: A properly refcounted handler on Success, NULL on Failure
+ * Return: A properly refcounted handler on Success, ERR_PTR on Failure
*/
static inline struct scmi_event_handler *
__scmi_event_handler_get_ops(struct scmi_notify_instance *ni,
@@ -1113,7 +1113,7 @@ __scmi_event_handler_get_ops(struct scmi_notify_instance *ni,
}
mutex_unlock(&ni->pending_mtx);
- return hndl;
+ return hndl ?: ERR_PTR(-ENODEV);
}
static struct scmi_event_handler *
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