linux-kernel - [PATCH] iio: hmc5843_spi: fix a NULL pointer dereference

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Date:   Sat,  9 Mar 2019 12:56:27 -0600
From:   Kangjie Lu <kjlu@....edu>
To:     kjlu@....edu
Cc:     pakki001@....edu, Jonathan Cameron <jic23@...nel.org>,
        Hartmut Knaack <knaack.h@....de>,
        Lars-Peter Clausen <lars@...afoo.de>,
        Peter Meerwald-Stadler <pmeerw@...erw.net>,
        linux-iio@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] iio: hmc5843_spi: fix a NULL pointer dereference

In case devm_regmap_init_spi fails and returns NULL, the fix
returns an error to avoid NULL pointer dereference

Signed-off-by: Kangjie Lu <kjlu@....edu>
---
 drivers/iio/magnetometer/hmc5843_spi.c | 8 +++++++-
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/iio/magnetometer/hmc5843_spi.c b/drivers/iio/magnetometer/hmc5843_spi.c
index 535f03a70d63..15e2f7cbb3b5 100644
--- a/drivers/iio/magnetometer/hmc5843_spi.c
+++ b/drivers/iio/magnetometer/hmc5843_spi.c
@@ -59,6 +59,12 @@ static int hmc5843_spi_probe(struct spi_device *spi)
 {
 	int ret;
 	const struct spi_device_id *id = spi_get_device_id(spi);
+	struct regmap *devm_regmap = devm_regmap_init_spi(spi,
+			&hmc5843_spi_regmap_config);
+
+	if (IS_ERR(devm_regmap))
+		return PTR_ERR(devm_regmap);
+
 
 	spi->mode = SPI_MODE_3;
 	spi->max_speed_hz = 8000000;
@@ -68,7 +74,7 @@ static int hmc5843_spi_probe(struct spi_device *spi)
 		return ret;
 
 	return hmc5843_common_probe(&spi->dev,
-			devm_regmap_init_spi(spi, &hmc5843_spi_regmap_config),
+			devm_regmap,
 			id->driver_data, id->name);
 }
 
-- 
2.17.1