Fix the following crash on kexec by checking chip->ops for a NULL pointer in tpm_chip_start() and returning an error code if this is the case. BUG: Kernel NULL pointer dereference on read at 0x00000060 Faulting instruction address: 0xc00000000099a06c Oops: Kernel access of bad area, sig: 11 [#1] ... NIP [c00000000099a06c] tpm_chip_start+0x2c/0x140 LR [c00000000099a808] tpm_chip_unregister+0x108/0x170 Call Trace: [c0000000188bfa00] [c000000002b03930] fw_devlink_strict+0x0/0x8 (unreliable) [c0000000188bfa30] [c00000000099a808] tpm_chip_unregister+0x108/0x170 [c0000000188bfa70] [c0000000009a3874] tpm_ibmvtpm_remove+0x34/0x130 [c0000000188bfae0] [c000000000110dbc] vio_bus_remove+0x5c/0xb0 [c0000000188bfb20] [c0000000009bc154] device_shutdown+0x1d4/0x3a8 [c0000000188bfbc0] [c000000000196e14] kernel_restart_prepare+0x54/0x70 The referenced patch below introduced a function to shut down the VIO bus. The bus shutdown now calls tpm_del_char_device (via tpm_chip_unregister) after a call to tpm_class_shutdown, which already set chip->ops to NULL. The crash occurrs when tpm_del_char_device calls tpm_chip_start with the chip->ops NULL pointer. Fixes: 39d0099f9439 ("powerpc/pseries: Add shutdown() to vio_driver and vio_bus") Signed-off-by: Stefan Berger <stefanb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/char/tpm/tpm-chip.c | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) diff --git a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm-chip.c b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm-chip.c index ddaeceb7e109..cca1bde296ee 100644 --- a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm-chip.c +++ b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm-chip.c @@ -101,6 +101,9 @@ int tpm_chip_start(struct tpm_chip *chip) { int ret; + if (!chip->ops) + return -EINVAL; + tpm_clk_enable(chip); if (chip->locality == -1) { -- 2.31.1