Re: [PATCH v1] iio: adc: ad7192: store indio_dev into spi driver data
From: Jonathan Cameron
Date: Mon Jun 12 2023 - 07:51:03 EST
On Mon, 12 Jun 2023 13:15:44 +0300
<andy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Mon, Jun 12, 2023 at 10:08:47AM +0200, Markus Burri kirjoitti:
> > After calibration the indio_dev is used to get channel information.
> > Since the pointer is not stored into spi driver data, there is a kernel
> > null pointer dereference.
> > Store the indio_dev into spi driver data to fix this.
>
> This definitely deserves the Fixes tag. Can you dig the history to find the
> culprit one?
Good catch, but see
https://lore.kernel.org/all/20230530075311.400686-2-fl.scratchpad@xxxxxxxxx/
Which I think is a nicer fix for the same issue.
I sent a pull request for that fix yesterday, but given we are late in the cycle
it might go in during the merge window then get backported to stable kernels
after that.
>
> > Add error check and slightly extend the debug messages.
>
> I'm not sure this will belong to the same change, so I would split this out to
> a separate one.
Definitely. Multiple issues so multiple patches.
Thanks,
Jonathan
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