linux-kernel - [PATCH v1] drivers/tty/serial: check the return value of uart_port

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Message-Id: <20220823055739.1451419-1-floridsleeves@gmail.com>
Date:   Mon, 22 Aug 2022 22:57:39 -0700
From:   lily <floridsleeves@...il.com>
To:     linux-serial@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, jirislaby@...nel.org,
        lily <floridsleeves@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH v1] drivers/tty/serial: check the return value of uart_port_check()

uart_port_check() can return NULL pointer. Check its return value
before dereference it.

Signed-off-by: Li Zhong <floridsleeves@...il.com>
---
 drivers/tty/serial/serial_core.c | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/serial_core.c b/drivers/tty/serial/serial_core.c
index 12c87cd201a7..760e177166cf 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/serial/serial_core.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/serial/serial_core.c
@@ -194,6 +194,9 @@ static int uart_port_startup(struct tty_struct *tty, struct uart_state *state,
 	unsigned long page;
 	int retval = 0;
 
+	if (!uport)
+		return -EIO;
+
 	if (uport->type == PORT_UNKNOWN)
 		return 1;
 
@@ -498,6 +501,8 @@ static void uart_change_speed(struct tty_struct *tty, struct uart_state *state,
 	struct ktermios *termios;
 	int hw_stopped;
 
+	if (!uport)
+		return;
 	/*
 	 * If we have no tty, termios, or the port does not exist,
 	 * then we can't set the parameters for this port.
@@ -1045,6 +1050,8 @@ static int uart_get_lsr_info(struct tty_struct *tty,
 	struct uart_port *uport = uart_port_check(state);
 	unsigned int result;
 
+	if (!uport)
+		return -EIO;
 	result = uport->ops->tx_empty(uport);
 
 	/*
-- 
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