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Message-ID: <38503377-ec27-09dd-dc6b-836a9ac0a5df@wanadoo.fr>
Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2023 09:04:36 +0200
From: Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@...adoo.fr>
To: Su Hui <suhui@...china.com>, airlied@...hat.com,
tzimmermann@...e.de, airlied@...il.com, daniel@...ll.ch
Cc: eich@...e.de, tiwai@...e.de, dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org,
linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] drm/ast: Avoid possible NULL dereference
Le 21/08/2023 à 08:22, Su Hui a écrit :
> smatch error:
> drivers/gpu/drm/ast/ast_dp501.c:227 ast_launch_m68k() error:
> we previously assumed 'ast->dp501_fw' could be null (see line 223)
>
> when "!ast->dp501_fw" and "ast_load_dp501_microcode(dev) >= 0" is true,
> there will be a NULL dereference of 'ast->dp501_fw'.
>
> Fixes: 12f8030e05c6 ("drm/ast: Actually load DP501 firmware when required")
> Signed-off-by: Su Hui <suhui@...china.com>
> ---
> drivers/gpu/drm/ast/ast_dp501.c | 6 ++++--
> 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/ast/ast_dp501.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/ast/ast_dp501.c
> index 1bc35a992369..d9f3a0786a6f 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/ast/ast_dp501.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/ast/ast_dp501.c
> @@ -224,8 +224,10 @@ static bool ast_launch_m68k(struct drm_device *dev)
> ast_load_dp501_microcode(dev) < 0)
> return false;
>
> - fw_addr = (u8 *)ast->dp501_fw->data;
> - len = ast->dp501_fw->size;
> + if (ast->dp501_fw) {
> + fw_addr = (u8 *)ast->dp501_fw->data;
> + len = ast->dp501_fw->size;
> + }
> }
> /* Get BootAddress */
> ast_moutdwm(ast, 0x1e6e2000, 0x1688a8a8);
Hi,
this looks like a false positive.
If "!ast->dp501_fw", and ast_load_dp501_microcode()>=0, then
ast_load_dp501_microcode() will set a valid value in ast->dp501_fw.
CJ
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