Messages in this thread Patch in this message | | | Date | Tue, 5 Dec 2017 11:46:28 -0600 | From | "Gustavo A. R. Silva" <> | Subject | [PATCH] drm/fb-helper: Fix potential NULL pointer dereference |
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fb_helper is being dereferenced before it is null checked, hence there is a potential null pointer dereference.
Fix this by moving the pointer dereference after fb_helper has been null checked.
This issue was detected with the help of Coccinelle.
Fixes: c777990fb45b ("drm/fb-helper: Handle function NULL argument") Signed-off-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva <garsilva@embeddedor.com> --- drivers/gpu/drm/drm_fb_helper.c | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_fb_helper.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_fb_helper.c index 6654f2f..04a3a5c 100644 --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_fb_helper.c +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_fb_helper.c @@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_fb_helper_add_one_connector); */ int drm_fb_helper_single_add_all_connectors(struct drm_fb_helper *fb_helper) { - struct drm_device *dev = fb_helper->dev; + struct drm_device *dev; struct drm_connector *connector; struct drm_connector_list_iter conn_iter; int i, ret = 0; @@ -186,6 +186,8 @@ int drm_fb_helper_single_add_all_connectors(struct drm_fb_helper *fb_helper) if (!drm_fbdev_emulation || !fb_helper) return 0; + dev = fb_helper->dev; + mutex_lock(&fb_helper->lock); drm_connector_list_iter_begin(dev, &conn_iter); drm_for_each_connector_iter(connector, &conn_iter) { -- 2.7.4
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