[patch] gpio: potential null dereference
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From: Dan Carpenter on 26 Apr 2010 15:30 Smatch found a potential null dereference in gpio_setup_irq(). The "pdesc" variable is allocated with idr_find() that can return NULL. If gpio_setup_irq() is called with 0 as gpio_flags and "pdesc" is null, it would OOPs here. Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <error27(a)gmail.com> diff --git a/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c b/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c index 76be229..eb0c3fe 100644 --- a/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c +++ b/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c @@ -416,7 +416,8 @@ static int gpio_setup_irq(struct gpio_desc *desc, struct device *dev, return 0; free_sd: - sysfs_put(pdesc->value_sd); + if (pdesc) + sysfs_put(pdesc->value_sd); free_id: idr_remove(&pdesc_idr, id); desc->flags &= GPIO_FLAGS_MASK; -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo(a)vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ |