In linux-stable-5.15.13, this file has been removed and combined to `drivers/ata/pata_platform.c` without this bug. But in the older LTS kernels, like 5.10.90, this bug still exists. As the possible failure of the devres_alloc(), the devm_ioremap() and devm_ioport_map() may return NULL pointer. And then, the 'base' and 'alt_base' are used in plat_ide_setup_ports(). Therefore, it should be better to add the check in order to avoid the dereference of the NULL pointer. Actually, it introduced the bug from commit 8cb1f567f4c0 ("ide: Platform IDE driver") and we can know from the commit message that it tended to be similar to the `drivers/ata/pata_platform.c`. But actually, even the first time pata_platform was built, commit a20c9e820864 ("[PATCH] ata: Generic platform_device libata driver"), there was no the bug, as there was a check after the ioremap(). So possibly the bug was caused by ide itself. Fixes: 8cb1f567f4c0 ("ide: Platform IDE driver") Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx # 5.10 Signed-off-by: Jiasheng Jiang <jiasheng@xxxxxxxxxxx> --- Changelog v1 -> v2 * Change 1. Correct the fixes tag and commit message. v2 -> v3 * Change 1. Correct the code. --- drivers/ide/ide_platform.c | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide_platform.c b/drivers/ide/ide_platform.c index 91639fd6c276..5500c5afb3ca 100644 --- a/drivers/ide/ide_platform.c +++ b/drivers/ide/ide_platform.c @@ -85,6 +85,10 @@ static int plat_ide_probe(struct platform_device *pdev) alt_base = devm_ioport_map(&pdev->dev, res_alt->start, resource_size(res_alt)); } + if (!base || !alt_base) { + ret = -ENOMEM; + goto out; + } memset(&hw, 0, sizeof(hw)); plat_ide_setup_ports(&hw, base, alt_base, pdata, res_irq->start); -- 2.25.1