linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/4] usb: typec: ucsi: Fix null deref in trace

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Date: Sat, 20 Apr 2024 15:15:16 +0200
From: Markus Elfring <Markus.Elfring@....de>
To: Abhishek Pandit-Subedi <abhishekpandit@...omium.org>,
 linux-usb@...r.kernel.org, kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org,
 Heikki Krogerus <heikki.krogerus@...ux.intel.com>,
 Jameson Thies <jthies@...gle.com>
Cc: LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, Benson Leung <bleung@...gle.com>,
 Bjorn Andersson <andersson@...nel.org>,
 Dmitry Baryshkov <dmitry.baryshkov@...aro.org>,
 Fabrice Gasnier <fabrice.gasnier@...s.st.com>,
 Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
 Hans de Goede <hdegoede@...hat.com>,
 Neil Armstrong <neil.armstrong@...aro.org>,
 Rajaram Regupathy <rajaram.regupathy@...el.com>,
 Saranya Gopal <saranya.gopal@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/4] usb: typec: ucsi: Fix null deref in trace

> ucsi_register_altmode checks IS_ERR on returned pointer and treats
> NULL as valid. This results in a null deref when
> trace_ucsi_register_altmode is called.

I find that the change description can be improved further.
Is another imperative wording desirable?

Can it be nicer to use the term “dereference” for the final commit message?

Regards,
Markus