[PATCH net-next] nfc: digital: Do not dump a NULL response in command completion

From: Linmao Li

Date: Fri Jul 10 2026 - 02:14:49 EST


digital_wq_cmd_complete() dumps the response data whenever cmd->resp is
not an error pointer. However, a driver can legitimately complete a
command with no response skb at all.

digital_tg_send_psl_res() is the only caller that passes timeout=0,
meaning no response is expected once the command has been transmitted.
On that path trf7970a completes the command with

trf->rx_skb = ERR_PTR(0);

which evaluates to NULL. IS_ERR(NULL) is false, so the NULL response
passes the !IS_ERR() check and cmd->resp->data and cmd->resp->len are
dereferenced whenever the debug print site is enabled. The driver
guards its own dump with "trf->rx_skb && !IS_ERR(trf->rx_skb)"; the
digital layer is missing the NULL half of that test.

Use IS_ERR_OR_NULL() so that NULL responses are skipped as well. The
callback on that path, digital_tg_send_psl_res_complete(), never
dereferences resp and dev_kfree_skb() accepts NULL, so only the debug
dump needs fixing.

Fixes: 59ee2361c924 ("NFC Digital: Implement driver commands mechanism")
Signed-off-by: Linmao Li <lilinmao@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
A separate cleanup patch, "nfc: trf7970a: Use NULL when no response is
expected", replaces that ERR_PTR(0) with a plain NULL. It does not
change behaviour (ERR_PTR(0) is NULL), so this fix is needed either way;
if that patch lands first, read "trf->rx_skb = NULL;" above.

Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260706075743.564658-1-lilinmao@xxxxxxxxxx

net/nfc/digital_core.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/net/nfc/digital_core.c b/net/nfc/digital_core.c
index 7cb1e6aaae90..18236221d898 100644
--- a/net/nfc/digital_core.c
+++ b/net/nfc/digital_core.c
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ static void digital_wq_cmd_complete(struct work_struct *work)

mutex_unlock(&ddev->cmd_lock);

- if (!IS_ERR(cmd->resp))
+ if (!IS_ERR_OR_NULL(cmd->resp))
print_hex_dump_debug("DIGITAL RX: ", DUMP_PREFIX_NONE, 16, 1,
cmd->resp->data, cmd->resp->len, false);

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2.25.1