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SubjectRe: [PATCH] char: tmp: fix potential null pointer dereference
On Mon, Jun 12, 2017 at 05:25:44PM -0500, Gustavo A. R. Silva wrote:
> Hi Jarkko,
>
> Please, see my comments below
>
> Quoting Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko.sakkinen@linux.intel.com>:
>
> > On Tue, May 30, 2017 at 04:51:23PM -0500, Gustavo A. R. Silva wrote:
> > > NULL check at line 147: if (chip) {, implies chip might be NULL.
> > > Function dev_get_drvdata() dereference pointer chip.
> > > Move pointer priv assignment inside the IF block that checks
> > > pointer chip.
> > >
> > > Addresses-Coverity-ID: 1397646
> > > Signed-off-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva <garsilva@embeddedor.com>
> >
> > It cannot be.
> >
>
> I got it.
>
> > /Jarkko
> >
> > > ---
> > > drivers/char/tpm/tpm_atmel.c | 3 ++-
> > > 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> > >
> > > diff --git a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm_atmel.c b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm_atmel.c
> > > index 0d322ab..0826efd 100644
> > > --- a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm_atmel.c
> > > +++ b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm_atmel.c
> > > @@ -142,9 +142,10 @@ static struct platform_device *pdev;
> > > static void atml_plat_remove(void)
> > > {
> > > struct tpm_chip *chip = dev_get_drvdata(&pdev->dev);
> > > - struct tpm_atmel_priv *priv = dev_get_drvdata(&chip->dev);
> > > + struct tpm_atmel_priv *priv;
> > >
> > > if (chip) {
>
> So, this NULL check could be removed?

Yes, this would be right way to fix it.

/Jarkko

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