The list_for_each_entry() iterator, "connector" in this code, can never be
NULL. If we exit the loop without finding the correct connector then
"connector" points invalid memory that is an offset from the list head.
This will eventually lead to memory corruption and presumably a kernel
crash.
Fixes: 9bd81acdb648 ("gma500: Convert Oaktrail to work with new output handling")
Signed-off-by: Harshvardhan Jha <harshvardhan.jha@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
>From static analysis. Not tested.
---
drivers/gpu/drm/gma500/oaktrail_lvds.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/gma500/oaktrail_lvds.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/gma500/oaktrail_lvds.c
index 432bdcc57ac9..a1332878857b 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/gma500/oaktrail_lvds.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/gma500/oaktrail_lvds.c
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ static void oaktrail_lvds_mode_set(struct drm_encoder *encoder,
continue;
}
- if (!connector) {
+ if (list_entry_is_head(connector, &mode_config->connector_list, head)) {
DRM_ERROR("Couldn't find connector when setting mode");
gma_power_end(dev);
return;
--
2.32.0
