linux-kernel - [PATCH] rtc: nct3018y: fix possible NULL dereference

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Date: Thu, 29 Feb 2024 23:21:27 +0100
From: alexandre.belloni@...tlin.com
To: Avi Fishman <avifishman70@...il.com>,
	Tomer Maimon <tmaimon77@...il.com>,
	Tali Perry <tali.perry1@...il.com>,
	Patrick Venture <venture@...gle.com>,
	Nancy Yuen <yuenn@...gle.com>,
	Benjamin Fair <benjaminfair@...gle.com>,
	Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@...tlin.com>
Cc: kernel test robot <lkp@...el.com>,
	Dan Carpenter <error27@...il.com>,
	openbmc@...ts.ozlabs.org,
	linux-rtc@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] rtc: nct3018y: fix possible NULL dereference

From: Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@...tlin.com>

alarm_enable and alarm_flag are allowed to be NULL but will be dereferenced
later by the dev_dbg call.

Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@...el.com>
Reported-by: Dan Carpenter <error27@...il.com>
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/r/202305180042.DEzW1pSd-lkp@intel.com/
Signed-off-by: Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@...tlin.com>
---
 drivers/rtc/rtc-nct3018y.c | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/rtc/rtc-nct3018y.c b/drivers/rtc/rtc-nct3018y.c
index f488a189a465..076d8b99f913 100644
--- a/drivers/rtc/rtc-nct3018y.c
+++ b/drivers/rtc/rtc-nct3018y.c
@@ -102,6 +102,8 @@ static int nct3018y_get_alarm_mode(struct i2c_client *client, unsigned char *ala
 		if (flags < 0)
 			return flags;
 		*alarm_enable = flags & NCT3018Y_BIT_AIE;
+		dev_dbg(&client->dev, "%s:alarm_enable:%x\n", __func__, *alarm_enable);
+
 	}
 
 	if (alarm_flag) {
@@ -110,11 +112,9 @@ static int nct3018y_get_alarm_mode(struct i2c_client *client, unsigned char *ala
 		if (flags < 0)
 			return flags;
 		*alarm_flag = flags & NCT3018Y_BIT_AF;
+		dev_dbg(&client->dev, "%s:alarm_flag:%x\n", __func__, *alarm_flag);
 	}
 
-	dev_dbg(&client->dev, "%s:alarm_enable:%x alarm_flag:%x\n",
-		__func__, *alarm_enable, *alarm_flag);
-
 	return 0;
 }
 
-- 
2.43.0