Re: [PATCH] greybus: Fix deref of NULL in __gb_lights_flash_brightness_set

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Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:
Hi Dan,

> On Fri, Mar 01, 2024 at 02:04:24PM -0500, Mikhail Lobanov wrote:
>> Dereference of null pointer in the __gb_lights_flash_brightness_set function.
>> Assigning the channel the result of executing the get_channel_from_mode function
>> without checking for NULL may result in an error.
>
> get_channel_from_mode() can only return NULL when light->channels_count
> is zero.
>
> Although get_channel_from_mode() seems buggy to me.  If it can't
> find the correct mode, it just returns the last channel.  So potentially
> it should be made to return NULL.

Correct, thanks for the fix. Will you or me send a proper patch for
this? Taking also the suggestion from Alex.

Thanks in advance.

Cheers,
   Rui
>
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/greybus/light.c b/drivers/staging/greybus/light.c
> index d62f97249aca..acd435f5d25d 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/greybus/light.c
> +++ b/drivers/staging/greybus/light.c
> @@ -95,15 +95,15 @@ static struct led_classdev *get_channel_cdev(struct gb_channel *channel)
>  static struct gb_channel *get_channel_from_mode(struct gb_light *light,
>  						u32 mode)
>  {
> -	struct gb_channel *channel = NULL;
> +	struct gb_channel *channel;
>  	int i;
>  
>  	for (i = 0; i < light->channels_count; i++) {
>  		channel = &light->channels[i];
>  		if (channel && channel->mode == mode)
> -			break;
> +			return channel;
>  	}
> -	return channel;
> +	return NULL;
>  }
>  
>  static int __gb_lights_flash_intensity_set(struct gb_channel *channel,
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