In iio_device_alloc() when size of the private data is 0, the private pointer is calculated to point behind the valid data. Leave it NULL when no private data supplied. Fixes: 6d4ebd565d15 ("iio: core: wrap IIO device into an iio_dev_opaque object") Signed-off-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/iio/industrialio-core.c | 6 ++++-- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/iio/industrialio-core.c b/drivers/iio/industrialio-core.c index 4302093b92c7..8684ba246969 100644 --- a/drivers/iio/industrialio-core.c +++ b/drivers/iio/industrialio-core.c @@ -1654,8 +1654,10 @@ struct iio_dev *iio_device_alloc(struct device *parent, int sizeof_priv) return NULL; indio_dev = &iio_dev_opaque->indio_dev; - indio_dev->priv = (char *)iio_dev_opaque + - ALIGN(sizeof(struct iio_dev_opaque), IIO_DMA_MINALIGN); + + if (sizeof_priv) + indio_dev->priv = (char *)iio_dev_opaque + + ALIGN(sizeof(*iio_dev_opaque), IIO_DMA_MINALIGN); indio_dev->dev.parent = parent; indio_dev->dev.type = &iio_device_type; -- 2.43.0.rc1.1.gbec44491f096