linux-kernel - [PATCH] Input: synaptics-rmi4 - validate that the rmi_dev pointer is set before dereferencing it

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Date:   Wed, 23 Oct 2019 01:24:05 +0000
From:   Andrew Duggan <aduggan@...aptics.com>
To:     "linux-input@...r.kernel.org" <linux-input@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
CC:     Andrew Duggan <aduggan@...aptics.com>,
        Jiri Kosina <jikos@...nel.org>,
        Benjamin Tissoires <benjamin.tissoires@...hat.com>,
        Federico Cerutti <federico@...es-c.it>,
        Christopher Heiny <Cheiny@...aptics.com>,
        Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH] Input: synaptics-rmi4 - validate that the rmi_dev pointer is
 set before dereferencing it

A bug in hid-rmi was causing rmi_unregister_transport_device() to be
called even if the call to rmi_register_transport_device() failed to
allocate the rmi device. A patch has been submitted to fix the issue in
hid-rmi. This patch will ensure that should a simialr situation
occur then the rmi driver will not dereference a NULL pointer.

Signed-off-by: Andrew Duggan <aduggan@...aptics.com>
---
 drivers/input/rmi4/rmi_bus.c | 6 ++++--
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/input/rmi4/rmi_bus.c b/drivers/input/rmi4/rmi_bus.c
index af706a583656..6c3abae1e159 100644
--- a/drivers/input/rmi4/rmi_bus.c
+++ b/drivers/input/rmi4/rmi_bus.c
@@ -118,8 +118,10 @@ void rmi_unregister_transport_device(struct rmi_transport_dev *xport)
 {
 	struct rmi_device *rmi_dev = xport->rmi_dev;
 
-	device_del(&rmi_dev->dev);
-	put_device(&rmi_dev->dev);
+	if (rmi_dev) {
+		device_del(&rmi_dev->dev);
+		put_device(&rmi_dev->dev);
+	}
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(rmi_unregister_transport_device);
 
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