Re: HID: picolcd: Prevent NULL pointer dereference on _remove()

On Sat, 31 Aug 2013, Bruno Prémont wrote:

When picolcd is switched into bootloader mode (for FW flashing) make
sure not to try to dereference NULL-pointers of feature-devices during
unplug/unbind.

This fixes following BUG:
  BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 00000298
  IP: [<f811f56b>] picolcd_exit_framebuffer+0x1b/0x80 [hid_picolcd]
  *pde = 00000000
  Oops: 0000 [#1]
  Modules linked in: hid_picolcd syscopyarea sysfillrect sysimgblt fb_sys_fops
  CPU: 0 PID: 15 Comm: khubd Not tainted 3.11.0-rc7-00002-g50d62d4 #2
  EIP: 0060:[<f811f56b>] EFLAGS: 00010292 CPU: 0
  EIP is at picolcd_exit_framebuffer+0x1b/0x80 [hid_picolcd]
  Call Trace:
   [<f811d1ab>] picolcd_remove+0xcb/0x120 [hid_picolcd]
   [<c1469b09>] hid_device_remove+0x59/0xc0
   [<c13464ca>] __device_release_driver+0x5a/0xb0
   [<c134653f>] device_release_driver+0x1f/0x30
   [<c134603d>] bus_remove_device+0x9d/0xd0
   [<c13439a5>] device_del+0xd5/0x150
   [<c14696a4>] hid_destroy_device+0x24/0x60
   [<c1474cbb>] usbhid_disconnect+0x1b/0x40
   ...

Signed-off-by: Bruno Prémont <bonbons@linux-vserver.org>
Cc: stable@kernel.org
---
 drivers/hid/hid-picolcd_cir.c | 3 ++-
 drivers/hid/hid-picolcd_fb.c  | 6 +++++-
 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

Applied, thanks Bruno.

-- 
Jiri Kosina
SUSE Labs
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