[PATCH 01/10] EDAC/altera: Fix NULL of_node dereference altr_edac_device_probe()

From: Dinh Nguyen

Date: Mon Jul 27 2026 - 09:43:44 EST


In altr_edac_device_probe() dereferenced pdev->dev.of_node and
of_match_node() before validating it, which could cause a NULL pointer
dereference when the device tree node is missing. Check the result for
a NULL and bail out with -ENODEV before using it.

Assisted-by: Cursor:claude-4.8-opus
Fixes: c3eea1942a16 ("EDAC, altera: Add Altera L2 cache and OCRAM support")
Closes: https://sashiko.dev/#/patchset/20260719211238.589402-1-rosenp%40gmail.com
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Dinh Nguyen <dinguyen@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/edac/altera_edac.c | 20 ++++++++++++++++++--
1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/edac/altera_edac.c b/drivers/edac/altera_edac.c
index 68846f583eeef..d6ca68d74f78a 100644
--- a/drivers/edac/altera_edac.c
+++ b/drivers/edac/altera_edac.c
@@ -710,9 +710,18 @@ static int altr_edac_device_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
struct resource *r;
int res = 0;
struct device_node *np = pdev->dev.of_node;
- char *ecc_name = (char *)np->name;
+ const struct of_device_id *edac_dev_match;
+ char *ecc_name;
static int dev_instance;

+ if (!np) {
+ edac_printk(KERN_ERR, EDAC_DEVICE,
+ "Unable to get device tree node\n");
+ return -ENODEV;
+ }
+
+ ecc_name = (char *)np->name;
+
if (!devres_open_group(&pdev->dev, NULL, GFP_KERNEL)) {
edac_printk(KERN_ERR, EDAC_DEVICE,
"Unable to open devm\n");
@@ -757,7 +766,14 @@ static int altr_edac_device_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
}

/* Get driver specific data for this EDAC device */
- drvdata->data = of_match_node(altr_edac_device_of_match, np)->data;
+ edac_dev_match = of_match_node(altr_edac_device_of_match, np);
+ if (!edac_dev_match) {
+ edac_printk(KERN_ERR, EDAC_DEVICE,
+ "%s: Unable to match device\n", ecc_name);
+ res = -ENODEV;
+ goto fail1;
+ }
+ drvdata->data = edac_dev_match->data;

/* Check specific dependencies for the module */
if (drvdata->data->setup) {
--
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