linux-kernel - [PATCH] PM / devfreq: mtk-cci: Fix potential error pointer dereference in probe()

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Message-ID: <aJTNHz8kk8s6Q2os@stanley.mountain>
Date: Thu, 7 Aug 2025 18:58:23 +0300
From: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...aro.org>
To: AngeloGioacchino Del Regno <angelogioacchino.delregno@...labora.com>
Cc: MyungJoo Ham <myungjoo.ham@...sung.com>,
	Kyungmin Park <kyungmin.park@...sung.com>,
	Chanwoo Choi <cw00.choi@...sung.com>,
	Matthias Brugger <matthias.bgg@...il.com>, linux-pm@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
	linux-mediatek@...ts.infradead.org, kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] PM / devfreq: mtk-cci: Fix potential error pointer
 dereference in probe()

The drv->sram_reg pointer could be set to ERR_PTR(-EPROBE_DEFER) which
would lead to a error pointer dereference.  Use IS_ERR_OR_NULL() to check
that the pointer is valid.

Fixes: e09bd5757b52 ("PM / devfreq: mtk-cci: Handle sram regulator probe deferral")
Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...aro.org>
---
 drivers/devfreq/mtk-cci-devfreq.c | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/devfreq/mtk-cci-devfreq.c b/drivers/devfreq/mtk-cci-devfreq.c
index 22fe9e631f8a..5730076846e1 100644
--- a/drivers/devfreq/mtk-cci-devfreq.c
+++ b/drivers/devfreq/mtk-cci-devfreq.c
@@ -386,7 +386,8 @@ static int mtk_ccifreq_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 out_free_resources:
 	if (regulator_is_enabled(drv->proc_reg))
 		regulator_disable(drv->proc_reg);
-	if (drv->sram_reg && regulator_is_enabled(drv->sram_reg))
+	if (!IS_ERR_OR_NULL(drv->sram_reg) &&
+	    regulator_is_enabled(drv->sram_reg))
 		regulator_disable(drv->sram_reg);
 
 	return ret;
-- 
2.47.2