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Message-ID: <035fa6a5-2401-abbb-84a0-e46ddc0ce157@huawei.com>
Date: Tue, 26 Oct 2021 11:32:38 +0100
From: John Garry <john.garry@...wei.com>
To: YE Chengfeng <cyeaa@...nect.ust.hk>,
"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: 回复: driver/bug: suspected missing null check in hisi_lpc.c
On 25/10/2021 16:31, YE Chengfeng wrote:
> It is driver/bus, sorry for the typo.
>
> -----邮件原件-----
> 发件人: YE Chengfeng
> 发送时间: 2021年10月25日 23:22
> 收件人: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org; john.garry@...wei.com
> 主题: driver/bug: suspected missing null check in hisi_lpc.c
>
> Hi,
>
> https://github.com/torvalds/linux/blob/master/drivers/bus/hisi_lpc.c#L483
>
> Our experimental static analysis tool detects a null-ptr-reference problem. It could be false positive, we report this to you just in case.
>
> Null check is missing for the return pointer of ACPI_COMPANION at line 483 and line 504. It seems that there could be potential null-ptr-dereference problem at line 488 and line 509. Could you spare some time to have a look at it?
>
> Thanks so much,
> Chengfeng
>
I don't think that we should have a problem as ACPI_COMPANION() should
just not return NULL for us. But I can't give you a better reason than
that without fully examining the ACPI code, which I'm not keen on...
Thanks,
John
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