linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH][next] drivers: base: swnode: check if swnode is null before dereferencing it

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Date:   Thu, 27 Dec 2018 09:59:38 +0100
From:   "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>
To:     Colin King <colin.king@...onical.com>
Cc:     Heikki Krogerus <heikki.krogerus@...ux.intel.com>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        "Rafael J . Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH][next] drivers: base: swnode: check if swnode is null
 before dereferencing it

On Sat, Dec 22, 2018 at 1:43 PM Colin King <colin.king@...onical.com> wrote:
>
> From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>
>
> The macro to_software_mode can potentially return NULL, so also add
> a null check on the swnode before dereferencing it to avoid any null
> pointer dereferences.
>
> Detected by CoverityScan, CID#1476052 ("Explicit null dereferenced")
>
> Fixes: 59abd83672f7 ("drivers: base: Introducing software nodes to the firmware node framework")
> Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>
> ---
>  drivers/base/swnode.c | 3 ++-
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/base/swnode.c b/drivers/base/swnode.c
> index 306bb93287af..204aa7d049e0 100644
> --- a/drivers/base/swnode.c
> +++ b/drivers/base/swnode.c
> @@ -477,7 +477,8 @@ software_node_get_parent(const struct fwnode_handle *fwnode)
>  {
>         struct software_node *swnode = to_software_node(fwnode);
>
> -       return swnode->parent ? &swnode->parent->fwnode : NULL;
> +       return swnode ? (swnode->parent ? &swnode->parent->fwnode : NULL) :
> +                       NULL;
>  }
>
>  struct fwnode_handle *
> --

Applied, thanks!