[PATCH 3.12 038/182] mfd: max77686: Fix possible NULL pointer dereference on i2c_new_dummy error

From: Jiri Slaby
Date: Tue May 13 2014 - 06:39:04 EST


From: Krzysztof Kozlowski <k.kozlowski@xxxxxxxxxxx>

3.12-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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commit b9e183a1d495cd65412abe0f9df19b151716bfe7 upstream.

During probe the driver allocates dummy I2C device for RTC with
i2c_new_dummy() but it does not check the return value of this call.

In case of error (i2c_new_device(): memory allocation failure or I2C
address cannot be used) this function returns NULL which is later used
by i2c_unregister_device().

If i2c_new_dummy() fails for RTC device, fail also the probe for main
MFD driver.

Signed-off-by: Krzysztof Kozlowski <k.kozlowski@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Lee Jones <lee.jones@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Jiri Slaby <jslaby@xxxxxxx>
---
drivers/mfd/max77686.c | 4 ++++
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/mfd/max77686.c b/drivers/mfd/max77686.c
index 108453b75ccc..fc2e0b946f8d 100644
--- a/drivers/mfd/max77686.c
+++ b/drivers/mfd/max77686.c
@@ -120,6 +120,10 @@ static int max77686_i2c_probe(struct i2c_client *i2c,
dev_info(max77686->dev, "device found\n");

max77686->rtc = i2c_new_dummy(i2c->adapter, I2C_ADDR_RTC);
+ if (!max77686->rtc) {
+ dev_err(max77686->dev, "Failed to allocate I2C device for RTC\n");
+ return -ENODEV;
+ }
i2c_set_clientdata(max77686->rtc, max77686);

max77686_irq_init(max77686);
--
1.9.3

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