The function performs a check on the "ctx" input parameter, however, it is used before the check. Initialize the "base" variable after the sanity check to avoid a possible NULL pointer dereference. Fixes: 4259ff7ae509e ("drm/msm/dpu: add support for pcc color block in dpu driver") Addresses-Coverity-ID: 1493866 ("Null pointer dereference") Signed-off-by: José Expósito <jose.exposito89@xxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/gpu/drm/msm/disp/dpu1/dpu_hw_dspp.c | 11 +++++++++-- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/disp/dpu1/dpu_hw_dspp.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/disp/dpu1/dpu_hw_dspp.c index a98e964c3b6f..355894a3b48c 100644 --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/disp/dpu1/dpu_hw_dspp.c +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/disp/dpu1/dpu_hw_dspp.c @@ -26,9 +26,16 @@ static void dpu_setup_dspp_pcc(struct dpu_hw_dspp *ctx, struct dpu_hw_pcc_cfg *cfg) { - u32 base = ctx->cap->sblk->pcc.base; + u32 base; - if (!ctx || !base) { + if (!ctx) { + DRM_ERROR("invalid ctx %pK\n", ctx); + return; + } + + base = ctx->cap->sblk->pcc.base; + + if (!base) { DRM_ERROR("invalid ctx %pK pcc base 0x%x\n", ctx, base); return; } -- 2.25.1