Hi all,
I found a typo in the commit log.
I'll send v2 shortly.
Thanks
--
Gustavo
On 8/31/18 9:14 AM, Gustavo A. R. Silva wrote:
> There is a potential execution patch in which function ssif_info_find()
> returns NULL, hence there is a NULL pointer dereference when accessing
> pointer *addr_info*
>
> Fix this by null checking *addr_info* before dereferencing it.
>
> Addresses-Coverity-ID: 1473145 ("Explicit null dereferenced")
> Fixes: e333054a91d1 ("ipmi: Fix I2C client removal in the SSIF driver")
> Signed-off-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva <gust...@embeddedor.com>
> ---
> drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_ssif.c | 4 +++-
> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_ssif.c b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_ssif.c
> index 2ff3679..764d305 100644
> --- a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_ssif.c
> +++ b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_ssif.c
> @@ -1641,7 +1641,9 @@ static int ssif_probe(struct i2c_client *client, const
> struct i2c_device_id *id)
>
> out:
> if (rv) {
> - addr_info->client = NULL;
> + if (addr_info)
> + addr_info->client = NULL;
> +
> dev_err(&client->dev, "Unable to start IPMI SSIF: %d\n", rv);
> kfree(ssif_info);
> }
>
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