linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] dmaengine: qcom_hidma: avoid freeing an uninitialized pointer

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Date:   Thu, 10 Aug 2017 12:17:47 -0400
From:   Sinan Kaya <okaya@...eaurora.org>
To:     Anton Vasilyev <vasilyev@...ras.ru>,
        Andy Gross <andy.gross@...aro.org>
Cc:     David Brown <david.brown@...aro.org>,
        Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>,
        Vinod Koul <vinod.koul@...el.com>,
        linux-arm-msm@...r.kernel.org, linux-soc@...r.kernel.org,
        dmaengine@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        ldv-project@...uxtesting.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] dmaengine: qcom_hidma: avoid freeing an uninitialized
 pointer

On 8/10/2017 11:54 AM, Anton Vasilyev wrote:
> If device_node np doesn't contain child or first child doesn't have
> property "reg" then hidma_mgmt_of_populate_channels() perfoms
> deallocation on uninitialized local variable res.
> 
> The patch adds res initialization by NULL.
> 
> Found by Linux Driver Verification project (linuxtesting.org).
> 
> Signed-off-by: Anton Vasilyev <vasilyev@...ras.ru>
> ---
>  drivers/dma/qcom/hidma_mgmt.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/dma/qcom/hidma_mgmt.c b/drivers/dma/qcom/hidma_mgmt.c
> index 5a0991b..89e36e3 100644
> --- a/drivers/dma/qcom/hidma_mgmt.c
> +++ b/drivers/dma/qcom/hidma_mgmt.c
> @@ -354,7 +354,7 @@ static int __init hidma_mgmt_of_populate_channels(struct device_node *np)
>  	struct platform_device_info pdevinfo;
>  	struct of_phandle_args out_irq;
>  	struct device_node *child;
> -	struct resource *res;
> +	struct resource *res = NULL;
>  	const __be32 *cell;
>  	int ret = 0, size, i, num;
>  	u64 addr, addr_size;
> 

Reviewed-by: Sinan Kaya <okaya@...eaurora.org>

-- 
Sinan Kaya
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