linux-kernel - [PATCH 3.16 024/157] tty: atmel_serial: fix a potential NULL pointer dereference

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Message-ID: <lsq.1565469607.191840651@decadent.org.uk>
Date:   Sat, 10 Aug 2019 21:40:07 +0100
From:   Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org
CC:     akpm@...ux-foundation.org, Denis Kirjanov <kda@...ux-powerpc.org>,
        "Greg Kroah-Hartman" <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        "Richard Genoud" <richard.genoud@...il.com>,
        "Kangjie Lu" <kjlu@....edu>
Subject: [PATCH 3.16 024/157] tty: atmel_serial: fix a potential NULL
 pointer dereference

3.16.72-rc1 review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

------------------

From: Kangjie Lu <kjlu@....edu>

commit c85be041065c0be8bc48eda4c45e0319caf1d0e5 upstream.

In case dmaengine_prep_dma_cyclic fails, the fix returns a proper
error code to avoid NULL pointer dereference.

Signed-off-by: Kangjie Lu <kjlu@....edu>
Fixes: 34df42f59a60 ("serial: at91: add rx dma support")
Acked-by: Richard Genoud <richard.genoud@...il.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
[bwh: Backported to 3.16: adjust context]
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>
---
 drivers/tty/serial/atmel_serial.c | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

--- a/drivers/tty/serial/atmel_serial.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/serial/atmel_serial.c
@@ -1045,6 +1045,10 @@ static int atmel_prepare_rx_dma(struct u
 				sg_dma_len(&atmel_port->sg_rx)/2,
 				DMA_DEV_TO_MEM,
 				DMA_PREP_INTERRUPT);
+	if (!desc) {
+		dev_err(port->dev, "Preparing DMA cyclic failed\n");
+		goto chan_err;
+	}
 	desc->callback = atmel_complete_rx_dma;
 	desc->callback_param = port;
 	atmel_port->desc_rx = desc;