[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]
Message-ID: <20170531121129.f3576lq7peott6gd@intel.com>
Date: Wed, 31 May 2017 15:11:29 +0300
From: Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko.sakkinen@...ux.intel.com>
To: "Gustavo A. R. Silva" <garsilva@...eddedor.com>
Cc: Peter Huewe <peterhuewe@....de>,
Marcel Selhorst <tpmdd@...horst.net>,
Jason Gunthorpe <jgunthorpe@...idianresearch.com>,
tpmdd-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] char: tmp: fix potential null pointer dereference
On Tue, May 30, 2017 at 04:51:23PM -0500, Gustavo A. R. Silva wrote:
> NULL check at line 147: if (chip) {, implies chip might be NULL.
> Function dev_get_drvdata() dereference pointer chip.
> Move pointer priv assignment inside the IF block that checks
> pointer chip.
>
> Addresses-Coverity-ID: 1397646
> Signed-off-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva <garsilva@...eddedor.com>
It cannot be.
/Jarkko
> ---
> drivers/char/tpm/tpm_atmel.c | 3 ++-
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm_atmel.c b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm_atmel.c
> index 0d322ab..0826efd 100644
> --- a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm_atmel.c
> +++ b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm_atmel.c
> @@ -142,9 +142,10 @@ static struct platform_device *pdev;
> static void atml_plat_remove(void)
> {
> struct tpm_chip *chip = dev_get_drvdata(&pdev->dev);
> - struct tpm_atmel_priv *priv = dev_get_drvdata(&chip->dev);
> + struct tpm_atmel_priv *priv;
>
> if (chip) {
> + priv = dev_get_drvdata(&chip->dev);
> tpm_chip_unregister(chip);
> if (priv->have_region)
> atmel_release_region(priv->base, priv->region_size);
> --
> 2.5.0
>
Powered by blists - more mailing lists