[PATCH] mtd/redboot: avoid null pointer deref

From: Jason A. Donenfeld
Date: Wed Dec 21 2016 - 18:26:48 EST


By giving a bogus partition name, it's possible to trigger a null
pointer dereference.

Signed-off-by: Jason A. Donenfeld <Jason@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/mtd/redboot.c | 4 ++++
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/mtd/redboot.c b/drivers/mtd/redboot.c
index 7623ac5fc586..53949ef80d36 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/redboot.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/redboot.c
@@ -212,6 +212,10 @@ static int parse_redboot_partitions(struct mtd_info *master,

nrparts++;
}
+ if (!fl) {
+ ret = -EINVAL;
+ goto out;
+ }
#ifdef CONFIG_MTD_REDBOOT_PARTS_UNALLOCATED
if (fl->img->flash_base) {
nrparts++;
--
2.11.0