linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH][next] clk: ti: check for null return in strrchr to avoid null dereferencing

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Date:   Thu, 27 Jul 2017 09:05:13 +0300
From:   Tero Kristo <t-kristo@...com>
To:     Colin King <colin.king@...onical.com>,
        Michael Turquette <mturquette@...libre.com>,
        Stephen Boyd <sboyd@...eaurora.org>,
        <linux-omap@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-clk@...r.kernel.org>
CC:     <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH][next] clk: ti: check for null return in strrchr to avoid
 null dereferencing

On 27/07/17 02:56, Colin King wrote:
> From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>
> 
> strrchr can potentially return a null so the following strlen on the
> null pointer can cause a null dereference. Add a check to see if
> the string postfix is not null before calling strlen.
> 
> Detected by CoverityScan, CID#1452039 ("Dereference null return")
> 
> Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>
> ---
>   drivers/clk/ti/adpll.c | 2 +-
>   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/clk/ti/adpll.c b/drivers/clk/ti/adpll.c
> index 255cafb18336..bd7cb9a413c9 100644
> --- a/drivers/clk/ti/adpll.c
> +++ b/drivers/clk/ti/adpll.c
> @@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ static int ti_adpll_setup_clock(struct ti_adpll_data *d, struct clk *clock,
>   
>   	/* Separate con_id in format "pll040dcoclkldo" to fit MAX_CON_ID */
>   	postfix = strrchr(name, '.');
> -	if (strlen(postfix) > 1) {
> +	if (postfix && strlen(postfix) > 1) {
>   		if (strlen(postfix) > ADPLL_MAX_CON_ID)
>   			dev_warn(d->dev, "clock %s con_id lookup may fail\n",
>   				 name);
> 

Looks fine to me.

Acked-by: Tero Kristo <t-kristo@...com>