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SubjectRe: [PATCH 04/10] usb: musb: ux500: harden checks for platform data
Hi Sergei,

> > struct musb_hdrc_platform_data *plat = dev->platform_data;
> >- struct ux500_musb_board_data *data = plat->board_data;
> >+ struct ux500_musb_board_data *data;

> >- param_array = data->dma_rx_param_array;
> >+ param_array = (data) ? data->dma_rx_param_array : NULL;
>
> Why enclose a simple variable in parens?

Because 'data' is a pointer, so it contains a memory location, but if
'plat->board_data' is NULL, then 'data' will be NULL (essentially
memory location 0x00000000).

So if we were to read-in to 'struct ux500_musb_board_data *data', by
index 'dma_rx_param_array', which I believe is '0' in this case:

struct ux500_musb_board_data {
void **dma_rx_param_array;
void **dma_tx_param_array;
bool (*dma_filter)(struct dma_chan *chan, void *filter_param);
};

... then we're saying take the data from this memory location:

param_array = *((0x00000000)->(0x0));

Which will cause a kernel Oops, due to the fact that address 0x0 isn't
allocated to us, so you get something like:

"Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 00000000"

Hope that helps.

Kind regards,
Lee

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