linux-kernel - [PATCH 5.0 069/101] usb: usb251xb: fix to avoid potential NULL pointer dereference

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Date:   Thu,  2 May 2019 17:21:11 +0200
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        stable@...r.kernel.org, Aditya Pakki <pakki001@....edu>,
        Richard Leitner <richard.leitner@...data.com>,
        "Sasha Levin (Microsoft)" <sashal@...nel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 5.0 069/101] usb: usb251xb: fix to avoid potential NULL pointer dereference

[ Upstream commit 41f00e6e9e55546390031996b773e7f3c1d95928 ]

of_match_device in usb251xb_probe can fail and returns a NULL pointer.
The patch avoids a potential NULL pointer dereference in this scenario.

Signed-off-by: Aditya Pakki <pakki001@....edu>
Reviewed-by: Richard Leitner <richard.leitner@...data.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin (Microsoft) <sashal@...nel.org>
---
 drivers/usb/misc/usb251xb.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/usb/misc/usb251xb.c b/drivers/usb/misc/usb251xb.c
index a6efb9a72939..5f7734c729b1 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/misc/usb251xb.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/misc/usb251xb.c
@@ -601,7 +601,7 @@ static int usb251xb_probe(struct usb251xb *hub)
 							   dev);
 	int err;
 
-	if (np) {
+	if (np && of_id) {
 		err = usb251xb_get_ofdata(hub,
 					  (struct usb251xb_data *)of_id->data);
 		if (err) {
-- 
2.19.1