Re: [PATCH][next] mlxsw: thermal: Fix null dereference of NULL temperature parameter

[Ido Schimmel]

On Wed, Jun 09, 2021 at 06:56:57PM +0100, Colin King wrote:
> From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> The call to mlxsw_thermal_module_temp_and_thresholds_get passes a NULL
> pointer for the temperature and this can be dereferenced in this function
> if the mlxsw_reg_query call fails.  The simplist fix is to pass the
> address of dummy temperature variable instead of a NULL pointer.
> 
> Addresses-Coverity: ("Explicit null dereferenced")
> Fixes: 72a64c2fe9d8 ("mlxsw: thermal: Read module temperature thresholds using MTMP register")
> Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Ido Schimmel <idosch@xxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks