linux-kernel - [PATCH] twl-core: fix oops while calling twl_i2c

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Date:	Mon,  1 Aug 2011 23:00:28 +0200
From:	Ilya Yanok <yanok@...raft.com>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Samuel Ortiz <sameo@...ux.intel.com>
Cc:	Ilya Yanok <yanok@...raft.com>
Subject: [PATCH] twl-core: fix oops while calling twl_i2c_* for unbound driver

Check inuse variable before trying to access twl_map to prevent
dereferencing of uninitialized variable.

Signed-off-by: Ilya Yanok <yanok@...raft.com>
---
 drivers/mfd/twl-core.c |   16 ++++++++--------
 1 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/mfd/twl-core.c b/drivers/mfd/twl-core.c
index 01ecfee..c7bc222 100644
--- a/drivers/mfd/twl-core.c
+++ b/drivers/mfd/twl-core.c
@@ -362,13 +362,13 @@ int twl_i2c_write(u8 mod_no, u8 *value, u8 reg, unsigned num_bytes)
 		pr_err("%s: invalid module number %d\n", DRIVER_NAME, mod_no);
 		return -EPERM;
 	}
-	sid = twl_map[mod_no].sid;
-	twl = &twl_modules[sid];
-
 	if (unlikely(!inuse)) {
-		pr_err("%s: client %d is not initialized\n", DRIVER_NAME, sid);
+		pr_err("%s: not initialized\n", DRIVER_NAME);
 		return -EPERM;
 	}
+	sid = twl_map[mod_no].sid;
+	twl = &twl_modules[sid];
+
 	mutex_lock(&twl->xfer_lock);
 	/*
 	 * [MSG1]: fill the register address data
@@ -419,13 +419,13 @@ int twl_i2c_read(u8 mod_no, u8 *value, u8 reg, unsigned num_bytes)
 		pr_err("%s: invalid module number %d\n", DRIVER_NAME, mod_no);
 		return -EPERM;
 	}
-	sid = twl_map[mod_no].sid;
-	twl = &twl_modules[sid];
-
 	if (unlikely(!inuse)) {
-		pr_err("%s: client %d is not initialized\n", DRIVER_NAME, sid);
+		pr_err("%s: not initialized\n", DRIVER_NAME);
 		return -EPERM;
 	}
+	sid = twl_map[mod_no].sid;
+	twl = &twl_modules[sid];
+
 	mutex_lock(&twl->xfer_lock);
 	/* [MSG1] fill the register address data */
 	msg = &twl->xfer_msg[0];
-- 
1.7.6

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