[PATCH] pwm: lp3943: fix NULL pointer dereference for an unconfigured channel

From: Manush Prajwal

Date: Sun Sep 06 2026 - 07:43:41 EST


lp3943_pwm_probe() unconditionally registers a pwmchip with
LP3943_NUM_PWMS(2) hwpwm channels, but lp3943_pwm_parse_dt() only
populates pdata->pwms[i] for the channels whose ti,pwm0/ti,pwm1
property is actually present in the devicetree (the binding
explicitly allows each PWM generator to drive zero or more outputs,
and lp3943_pwm_parse_dt() only fails outright with -ENODATA if
*neither* property is present). A devicetree that configures only one
of the two channels leaves pdata->pwms[] NULL for the other.

lp3943_pwm_request_map() dereferences pdata->pwms[hwpwm] with no NULL
check:

pwm_map->output = pdata->pwms[hwpwm]->output;
pwm_map->num_outputs = pdata->pwms[hwpwm]->num_outputs;

so requesting the unconfigured channel (e.g. exporting it from
sysfs) crashes with a NULL pointer dereference instead of failing
cleanly.

Return -ENODEV from lp3943_pwm_request_map() when the channel was
never configured, before the pointer is dereferenced. The caller,
lp3943_pwm_request(), already propagates an ERR_PTR return correctly
(it does so today for the existing -EBUSY case).

Reported-by: Sashiko AI review <sashiko-bot@xxxxxxxxxx>
Closes: https://sashiko.dev/#/patchset/6a9d4c6b.79b5ea6e.147aa1.5883@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?part=1
Signed-off-by: Manush Prajwal <manushprajwal555@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/pwm/pwm-lp3943.c | 3 +++
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/pwm/pwm-lp3943.c b/drivers/pwm/pwm-lp3943.c
index e8bb8dbb9..956d22053 100644
--- a/drivers/pwm/pwm-lp3943.c
+++ b/drivers/pwm/pwm-lp3943.c
@@ -38,6 +38,9 @@ lp3943_pwm_request_map(struct lp3943_pwm *lp3943_pwm, int hwpwm)
struct lp3943_pwm_map *pwm_map = &lp3943_pwm->pwm_map[hwpwm];
int i, offset;

+ if (!pdata->pwms[hwpwm])
+ return ERR_PTR(-ENODEV);
+
pwm_map->output = pdata->pwms[hwpwm]->output;
pwm_map->num_outputs = pdata->pwms[hwpwm]->num_outputs;

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