linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] iio: adc: ti-ads1298: Add NULL check in ads1298

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Message-ID: <ba5e2b95-12d9-490b-b58d-131dedba6446@web.de>
Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2024 11:08:47 +0100
From: Markus Elfring <Markus.Elfring@....de>
To: Charles Han <hanchunchao@...pur.com>, linux-iio@...r.kernel.org,
 Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>,
 Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...aro.org>, Jonathan Cameron
 <jic23@...nel.org>, Lars-Peter Clausen <lars@...afoo.de>,
 Mike Looijmans <mike.looijmans@...ic.nl>, Nuno Sá
 <nuno.sa@...log.com>, Alexander Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
 Yu Jiaoliang <yujiaoliang@...o.com>
Cc: LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] iio: adc: ti-ads1298: Add NULL check in ads1298_init()

> devm_kasprintf() can return a NULL pointer on failure,but this
> returned value in ads1298_init() is not checked.
> Add NULL check in ads1298_init(), to handle kernel NULL
> pointer dereference error.

Another wording suggestion:
A devm_kasprintf() call can return a null pointer on failure.
But such a return value was not checked in this function implementation.
Thus add a corresponding check so that a null pointer dereference
will be avoided.


Regards,
Markus