Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 11 Feb 2014 12:22:32 +0000 | From | Lee Jones <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 3/7] mfd: max77686: Fix possible NULL pointer dereference on i2c_new_dummy error |
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On Tue, 11 Feb 2014, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
> 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@samsung.com> > Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org > --- > drivers/mfd/max77686.c | 4 ++++ > 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) > > diff --git a/drivers/mfd/max77686.c b/drivers/mfd/max77686.c > index f53d5823a3f7..e5fce765accb 100644 > --- a/drivers/mfd/max77686.c > +++ b/drivers/mfd/max77686.c > @@ -121,6 +121,10 @@ 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);
Applied, thanks.
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