linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] pinctrl: intel: fix NULL pointer deref

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Message-ID: <CAHp75Vcj9wmM7H908sqGmXs10BQN8ty1C4qfmk_nXpG_s=BjTQ@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Wed, 9 Jun 2021 13:33:34 +0300
From:   Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@...il.com>
To:     Mika Westerberg <mika.westerberg@...ux.intel.com>
Cc:     Henning Schild <henning.schild@...mens.com>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "open list:GPIO SUBSYSTEM" <linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org>,
        Andy Shevchenko <andy@...nel.org>,
        Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] pinctrl: intel: fix NULL pointer deref

On Wed, Jun 9, 2021 at 1:12 PM Mika Westerberg
<mika.westerberg@...ux.intel.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 09, 2021 at 08:27:22AM +0200, Henning Schild wrote:
> > match could be NULL in which case we do not go ACPI after all

...

> >       adev = ACPI_COMPANION(&pdev->dev);
> > -     if (adev) {
> > -             const void *match = device_get_match_data(&pdev->dev);
> > -
> > +     match = device_get_match_data(&pdev->dev);
>
> Actually we don't even call intel_pinctrl_get_soc_data() if the ACPI ID
> is not listed in the corresponding driver's module table. So I don't
> think match can ever be NULL.
>
> But feel free to prove me wrong ;-)

It's possible to have bugs in this driver, but can we see the real case here?

-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko