linux-kernel - [PATCH] hwmon: (peci/cputemp) Add a null pointer check to the wled

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Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2024 17:47:04 +0800
From: Kunwu Chan <chentao@...inos.cn>
To: andersson@...nel.org,
	konrad.dybcio@...aro.org,
	lee@...nel.org,
	daniel.thompson@...aro.org,
	jingoohan1@...il.com,
	deller@....de
Cc: linux-arm-msm@...r.kernel.org,
	dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org,
	linux-fbdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Kunwu Chan <chentao@...inos.cn>
Subject: [PATCH] hwmon: (peci/cputemp) Add a null pointer check to the wled_configure

devm_kasprintf() returns a pointer to dynamically allocated memory
which can be NULL upon failure. Ensure the allocation was successful
by checking the pointer validity.

Signed-off-by: Kunwu Chan <chentao@...inos.cn>
---
 drivers/video/backlight/qcom-wled.c | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/video/backlight/qcom-wled.c b/drivers/video/backlight/qcom-wled.c
index 10129095a4c1..a0b06839d778 100644
--- a/drivers/video/backlight/qcom-wled.c
+++ b/drivers/video/backlight/qcom-wled.c
@@ -1406,8 +1406,11 @@ static int wled_configure(struct wled *wled)
 	wled->ctrl_addr = be32_to_cpu(*prop_addr);
 
 	rc = of_property_read_string(dev->of_node, "label", &wled->name);
-	if (rc)
+	if (rc) {
 		wled->name = devm_kasprintf(dev, GFP_KERNEL, "%pOFn", dev->of_node);
+		if (!wled->name)
+			return -ENOMEM;
+	}
 
 	switch (wled->version) {
 	case 3:
-- 
2.39.2