Smatch reports: drivers/char/tpm/tpm-interface.c:470 tpm_init() error: 'tpm_class' dereferencing possible ERR_PTR() If class_create() returns error pointer, we are dereferencing a possible error pointer. Fix this by moving the dereference post error handling. Fixes: a010eb881243 ("tpm: fix up the tpm_class shutdown_pre pointer when created") Signed-off-by: Harshit Mogalapalli <harshit.m.mogalapalli@xxxxxxxxxx> --- This is based on static analysis, only compile tested. --- drivers/char/tpm/tpm-interface.c | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm-interface.c b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm-interface.c index 43e23a04433a..4463d0018290 100644 --- a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm-interface.c +++ b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm-interface.c @@ -467,12 +467,13 @@ static int __init tpm_init(void) int rc; tpm_class = class_create("tpm"); - tpm_class->shutdown_pre = tpm_class_shutdown; if (IS_ERR(tpm_class)) { pr_err("couldn't create tpm class\n"); return PTR_ERR(tpm_class); } + tpm_class->shutdown_pre = tpm_class_shutdown; + tpmrm_class = class_create("tpmrm"); if (IS_ERR(tpmrm_class)) { pr_err("couldn't create tpmrm class\n"); -- 2.38.1