linux-kernel - [patch] iio: inkern: fix a NULL dereference on error

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Date:	Tue, 26 Jan 2016 12:25:21 +0300
From:	Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
To:	Jonathan Cameron <jic23@...nel.org>,
	Marek Belisko <marek@...delico.com>
Cc:	Hartmut Knaack <knaack.h@....de>,
	Lars-Peter Clausen <lars@...afoo.de>,
	Peter Meerwald <pmeerw@...erw.net>, linux-iio@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [patch] iio: inkern: fix a NULL dereference on error

In twl4030_bci_probe() there are some failure paths where we call
iio_channel_release() with a NULL pointer.  (Apparently, that driver can
opperate without a valid channel pointer).  Let's fix it by adding a
NULL check in iio_channel_release().

Fixes: 2202e1fc5a29 ('drivers: power: twl4030_charger: fix link problems when building as module')
Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>

diff --git a/drivers/iio/inkern.c b/drivers/iio/inkern.c
index 80fbbfd..734a004 100644
--- a/drivers/iio/inkern.c
+++ b/drivers/iio/inkern.c
@@ -349,6 +349,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(iio_channel_get);
 
 void iio_channel_release(struct iio_channel *channel)
 {
+	if (!channel)
+		return;
 	iio_device_put(channel->indio_dev);
 	kfree(channel);
 }