[PATCH v2] drm/mediatek: Add missing IS_ERR check for ovl_adaptor platform device
From: Haojie Li
Date: Tue Aug 25 2026 - 06:09:30 EST
platform_device_register_data() can fail and return an ERR_PTR, but the
return value is used without checking, leading to an invalid pointer
being stored in ddp_comp[].dev and passed to component_match_add() and
mtk_ddp_comp_init(), which could result in a kernel crash.
Add an IS_ERR() check to jump to the error handling path on failure.
Fixes: 0d9eee9118b7 ("drm/mediatek: Add drm ovl_adaptor sub driver for MT8195")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Haojie Li <lihaojie@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/gpu/drm/mediatek/mtk_drm_drv.c | 3 +++
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/mediatek/mtk_drm_drv.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/mediatek/mtk_drm_drv.c
index c86a3f54f35b..b281482ab8c8 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/mediatek/mtk_drm_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/mediatek/mtk_drm_drv.c
@@ -1112,6 +1112,9 @@ static int mtk_drm_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
PLATFORM_DEVID_AUTO,
(void *)private->mmsys_dev,
sizeof(*private->mmsys_dev));
+ if (IS_ERR(ovl_adaptor))
+ return PTR_ERR(ovl_adaptor);
+
private->ddp_comp[DDP_COMPONENT_DRM_OVL_ADAPTOR].dev = &ovl_adaptor->dev;
mtk_ddp_comp_init(dev, NULL, &private->ddp_comp[DDP_COMPONENT_DRM_OVL_ADAPTOR],
DDP_COMPONENT_DRM_OVL_ADAPTOR);
--
2.25.1