Thread (1 message) 1 message, 1 author, 2017-01-30
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[PATCH] Video: fbdev - Fix possible NULL derefrence.

From: Shailendra Verma <hidden>
Date: 2017-01-30 05:03:42
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Subsystem: framebuffer layer, the rest · Maintainers: Helge Deller, Linus Torvalds

of_device_get_match_data could return NULL, and so can cause
a NULL pointer dereference later.

Signed-off-by: Shailendra Verma <redacted>
---
 drivers/video/fbdev/ssd1307fb.c |    4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
diff --git a/drivers/video/fbdev/ssd1307fb.c b/drivers/video/fbdev/ssd1307fb.c
index 2925d5c..bdf7d80 100644
--- a/drivers/video/fbdev/ssd1307fb.c
+++ b/drivers/video/fbdev/ssd1307fb.c
@@ -560,6 +560,10 @@ static int ssd1307fb_probe(struct i2c_client *client,
 	par->client = client;
 
 	par->device_info = of_device_get_match_data(&client->dev);
+	if (!par->device_info) {
+		dev_err(&client->dev, "no device match found\n");
+		return -ENODEV;
+	}
 
 	par->reset = of_get_named_gpio(client->dev.of_node,
 					 "reset-gpios", 0);
-- 
1.7.9.5
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