Re: [PATCH] firmware: meson_sm: fix to avoid potential NULL pointer dereference

From: neil . armstrong
Date: Mon Jul 31 2023 - 04:54:39 EST


On 15/07/2023 16:13, Zhang Shurong wrote:
of_match_device() may fail and returns a NULL pointer.

Fix this by checking the return value of of_match_device.

Fixes: 8cde3c2153e8 ("firmware: meson_sm: Rework driver as a proper platform driver")
Signed-off-by: Zhang Shurong <zhang_shurong@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/firmware/meson/meson_sm.c | 2 ++
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/firmware/meson/meson_sm.c b/drivers/firmware/meson/meson_sm.c
index 798bcdb05d84..9a2656d73600 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/meson/meson_sm.c
+++ b/drivers/firmware/meson/meson_sm.c
@@ -292,6 +292,8 @@ static int __init meson_sm_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
return -ENOMEM;
chip = of_match_device(meson_sm_ids, dev)->data;
+ if (!chip)
+ return -EINVAL;
if (chip->cmd_shmem_in_base) {
fw->sm_shmem_in_base = meson_sm_map_shmem(chip->cmd_shmem_in_base,


Reviewed-by: Neil Armstrong <neil.armstrong@xxxxxxxxxx>