linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH V2 1/2] serial: mctrl

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Date:   Sun, 6 Oct 2019 20:11:14 +0200
From:   Yegor Yefremov <yegorslists@...glemail.com>
To:     Adam Ford <aford173@...il.com>
Cc:     linux-serial@...r.kernel.org,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Jiri Slaby <jslaby@...e.com>,
        Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>,
        Vignesh R <vigneshr@...com>,
        Mika Westerberg <mika.westerberg@...ux.intel.com>,
        Douglas Anderson <dianders@...omium.org>,
        Tony Lindgren <tony@...mide.com>,
        kernel list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH V2 1/2] serial: mctrl_gpio: Check for NULL pointer

On Sun, Oct 6, 2019 at 6:33 PM Adam Ford <aford173@...il.com> wrote:
>
> When using mctrl_gpio_to_gpiod, it dereferences gpios into a single
> requested GPIO.  This dereferencing can break if gpios is NULL,
> so this patch adds a NULL check before dereferencing it.  If
> gpios is NULL, this function will also return NULL.
>
> Signed-off-by: Adam Ford <aford173@...il.com>

Reviewed-by: Yegor Yefremov <yegorslists@...glemail.com>

> ---
> V2:  This patch is new to the V2 of this series, so patch 2/2 can
>      work without risking a NULL dereference
> diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/serial_mctrl_gpio.c b/drivers/tty/serial/serial_mctrl_gpio.c
> index d9074303c88e..fb4781292d40 100644
> --- a/drivers/tty/serial/serial_mctrl_gpio.c
> +++ b/drivers/tty/serial/serial_mctrl_gpio.c
> @@ -66,6 +66,9 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(mctrl_gpio_set);
>  struct gpio_desc *mctrl_gpio_to_gpiod(struct mctrl_gpios *gpios,
>                                       enum mctrl_gpio_idx gidx)
>  {
> +       if (gpios == NULL)
> +               return NULL;
> +
>         return gpios->gpio[gidx];
>  }
>  EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(mctrl_gpio_to_gpiod);
> --
> 2.17.1
>