linux-kernel - [PATCH 1/6] HID: picoLCD: prevent NULL pointer dereferences

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Date:	Sun, 19 Aug 2012 19:31:23 +0200
From:	Bruno Prémont <bonbons@...ux-vserver.org>
To:	Jiri Kosina <jkosina@...e.cz>
Cc:	linux-input@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 1/6] HID: picoLCD: prevent NULL pointer dereferences

Driver code expects to get access to struct picolcd_data from hiddev
and is not prepared to find a NULL pointer there. Most prominent
candidate to trip on it is picolcd_fb_deferred_io().
Delay removing struct picolcd_data from hiddev until all sub-devices
have been unregistered.

Signed-off-by: Bruno Prémont <bonbons@...ux-vserver.org>
---
 drivers/hid/hid-picolcd_core.c |    2 +-
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/hid/hid-picolcd_core.c b/drivers/hid/hid-picolcd_core.c
index e08ffd2..76ab173 100644
--- a/drivers/hid/hid-picolcd_core.c
+++ b/drivers/hid/hid-picolcd_core.c
@@ -631,7 +631,6 @@ static void picolcd_remove(struct hid_device *hdev)
 	device_remove_file(&hdev->dev, &dev_attr_operation_mode_delay);
 	hid_hw_close(hdev);
 	hid_hw_stop(hdev);
-	hid_set_drvdata(hdev, NULL);
 
 	/* Shortcut potential pending reply that will never arrive */
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&data->lock, flags);
@@ -649,6 +648,7 @@ static void picolcd_remove(struct hid_device *hdev)
 	picolcd_exit_cir(data);
 	picolcd_exit_keys(data);
 
+	hid_set_drvdata(hdev, NULL);
 	mutex_destroy(&data->mutex);
 	/* Finally, clean up the picolcd data itself */
 	kfree(data);
-- 
1.7.8.6

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