[PATCH 1/2] mtd: spinand: fix NULL pointer dereference with no ECC engine

From: Nuno Sá

Date: Mon Aug 31 2026 - 16:07:40 EST


When "nand-no-ecc-engine" is set in DT, nanddev_get_ecc_engine() takes
the NAND_ECC_ENGINE_TYPE_NONE path and returns success while leaving
nand->ecc.engine NULL. The SPI-NAND code nevertheless dereferences it
unconditionally to test for a pipelined engine, so probing such a
device oopses immediately.

Rather than open-coding the test three times, add a
nand_ecc_is_pipelined() helper to the NAND core that folds the NULL
check into the integration comparison, and use it everywhere. Future
callers then cannot reintroduce the problem.

Fixes: f9d7c7265bcf ("mtd: spinand: Create direct mapping descriptors for ECC operations")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Nuno Sá <nuno.sa@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/mtd/nand/ecc.c | 7 +++++++
drivers/mtd/nand/spi/core.c | 8 +++-----
include/linux/mtd/nand.h | 2 ++
3 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/mtd/nand/ecc.c b/drivers/mtd/nand/ecc.c
index 6ccdff3fc913..1d809cbd47e6 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/nand/ecc.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/nand/ecc.c
@@ -159,6 +159,13 @@ int nand_ecc_finish_io_req(struct nand_device *nand,
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(nand_ecc_finish_io_req);

+bool nand_ecc_is_pipelined(const struct nand_device *nand)
+{
+ return nand->ecc.engine &&
+ nand->ecc.engine->integration == NAND_ECC_ENGINE_INTEGRATION_PIPELINED;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(nand_ecc_is_pipelined);
+
/* Define default OOB placement schemes for large and small page devices */
static int nand_ooblayout_ecc_sp(struct mtd_info *mtd, int section,
struct mtd_oob_region *oobregion)
diff --git a/drivers/mtd/nand/spi/core.c b/drivers/mtd/nand/spi/core.c
index 35365b67dd8e..03ff43445693 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/nand/spi/core.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/nand/spi/core.c
@@ -508,8 +508,7 @@ static int spinand_read_from_cache_op(struct spinand_device *spinand,
else
rdesc->info.op_tmpl = &rdesc->info.primary_op_tmpl;

- if (nand->ecc.engine->integration == NAND_ECC_ENGINE_INTEGRATION_PIPELINED &&
- req->mode != MTD_OPS_RAW)
+ if (nand_ecc_is_pipelined(nand) && req->mode != MTD_OPS_RAW)
rdesc->info.op_tmpl->data.ecc = true;
else
rdesc->info.op_tmpl->data.ecc = false;
@@ -603,8 +602,7 @@ static int spinand_write_to_cache_op(struct spinand_device *spinand,

wdesc = spinand->dirmaps[req->pos.plane].wdesc;

- if (nand->ecc.engine->integration == NAND_ECC_ENGINE_INTEGRATION_PIPELINED &&
- req->mode != MTD_OPS_RAW)
+ if (nand_ecc_is_pipelined(nand) && req->mode != MTD_OPS_RAW)
wdesc->info.op_tmpl->data.ecc = true;
else
wdesc->info.op_tmpl->data.ecc = false;
@@ -1261,7 +1259,7 @@ static int spinand_create_dirmap(struct spinand_device *spinand,
struct spi_mem_dirmap_desc *desc;
bool enable_ecc = false, secondary_op = false;

- if (nand->ecc.engine->integration == NAND_ECC_ENGINE_INTEGRATION_PIPELINED)
+ if (nand_ecc_is_pipelined(nand))
enable_ecc = true;

if (spinand->cont_read_possible && spinand->op_templates->cont_read_cache)
diff --git a/include/linux/mtd/nand.h b/include/linux/mtd/nand.h
index 09c8c93e4dba..6936180b6ea5 100644
--- a/include/linux/mtd/nand.h
+++ b/include/linux/mtd/nand.h
@@ -305,6 +305,8 @@ int nand_ecc_prepare_io_req(struct nand_device *nand,
struct nand_page_io_req *req);
int nand_ecc_finish_io_req(struct nand_device *nand,
struct nand_page_io_req *req);
+bool nand_ecc_is_pipelined(const struct nand_device *nand);
+
bool nand_ecc_is_strong_enough(struct nand_device *nand);

#if IS_REACHABLE(CONFIG_MTD_NAND_CORE)

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