linux-kernel - [PATCH v1] tty: serial: 8250: 8250_gsc:- Handle return NULL error from ioremap

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Date:   Thu, 19 Jan 2017 13:30:44 +0530
From:   Arvind Yadav <arvind.yadav.cs@...il.com>
To:     jejb@...isc-linux.org, deller@....de, gregkh@...uxfoundation.org
Cc:     jslaby@...e.com, linux-parisc@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-serial@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v1] tty: serial: 8250: 8250_gsc:- Handle return NULL error from ioremap_nocache

Here, If ioremap_nocache will fail. It will return NULL.
Kernel can run into a NULL-pointer dereference.
This error check will avoid NULL pointer dereference.

Signed-off-by: Arvind Yadav <arvind.yadav.cs@...il.com>
---
 drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_gsc.c | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_gsc.c b/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_gsc.c
index b1e6ae9..63306de 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_gsc.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_gsc.c
@@ -60,6 +60,10 @@ static int __init serial_init_chip(struct parisc_device *dev)
 					7272727 : 1843200;
 	uart.port.mapbase	= address;
 	uart.port.membase	= ioremap_nocache(address, 16);
+	if (!uart.port.membase) {
+		dev_warn(&dev->dev, "Failed to map memory\n");
+		return -ENOMEM;
+	}
 	uart.port.irq	= dev->irq;
 	uart.port.flags	= UPF_BOOT_AUTOCONF;
 	uart.port.dev	= &dev->dev;
-- 
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