linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] cxl/port: Fix NULL pointer access in devm_cxl_add

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Message-ID: <09c47829-4c80-fb8b-3b6d-67852ec297a9@intel.com>
Date:   Fri, 19 May 2023 16:33:20 -0700
From:   Dave Jiang <dave.jiang@...el.com>
To:     Robert Richter <rrichter@....com>,
        Alison Schofield <alison.schofield@...el.com>,
        Vishal Verma <vishal.l.verma@...el.com>,
        Ira Weiny <ira.weiny@...el.com>,
        Ben Widawsky <bwidawsk@...nel.org>,
        Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>
Cc:     linux-cxl@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] cxl/port: Fix NULL pointer access in devm_cxl_add_port()



On 5/19/23 2:54 PM, Robert Richter wrote:
> In devm_cxl_add_port() the port creation may fail and its associated
> pointer does not contain a valid address. During error message
> generation this invalid port address is used. Fix that wrong address
> access.
> 
> Fixes: f3cd264c4ec1 ("cxl: Unify debug messages when calling devm_cxl_add_port()")
> Signed-off-by: Robert Richter <rrichter@....com>

Reviewed-by: Dave Jiang <dave.jiang@...el.com>

> ---
>   drivers/cxl/core/port.c | 7 +++----
>   1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/cxl/core/port.c b/drivers/cxl/core/port.c
> index da2068475fa2..e7c284c890bc 100644
> --- a/drivers/cxl/core/port.c
> +++ b/drivers/cxl/core/port.c
> @@ -750,11 +750,10 @@ struct cxl_port *devm_cxl_add_port(struct device *host, struct device *uport,
>   
>   	parent_port = parent_dport ? parent_dport->port : NULL;
>   	if (IS_ERR(port)) {
> -		dev_dbg(uport, "Failed to add %s%s%s%s: %ld\n",
> -			dev_name(&port->dev),
> -			parent_port ? " to " : "",
> +		dev_dbg(uport, "Failed to add%s%s%s: %ld\n",
> +			parent_port ? " port to " : "",
>   			parent_port ? dev_name(&parent_port->dev) : "",
> -			parent_port ? "" : " (root port)",
> +			parent_port ? "" : " root port",
>   			PTR_ERR(port));
>   	} else {
>   		dev_dbg(uport, "%s added%s%s%s\n",
> 
> base-commit: e764f12208b99ac7892c4e3f6bf88d71ca71036f