In vdec_g_fmt(), fmt is firstly assigned NULL, and it could be never assigned before being used on line 223: pixmp->pixelformat = fmt->pixfmt; Thus, a possible null-pointer dereference may occur. To fix this bug, fmt is checked before being used here. This bug is found by a static analysis tool STCheck written by us. Signed-off-by: Jia-Ju Bai <baijiaju1990@xxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/media/platform/qcom/venus/vdec.c | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/qcom/venus/vdec.c b/drivers/media/platform/qcom/venus/vdec.c index e1f998656c07..12c31551f191 100644 --- a/drivers/media/platform/qcom/venus/vdec.c +++ b/drivers/media/platform/qcom/venus/vdec.c @@ -211,7 +211,8 @@ static int vdec_g_fmt(struct file *file, void *fh, struct v4l2_format *f) inst->height = format.fmt.pix_mp.height; } - pixmp->pixelformat = fmt->pixfmt; + if (fmt) + pixmp->pixelformat = fmt->pixfmt; if (f->type == V4L2_BUF_TYPE_VIDEO_CAPTURE_MPLANE) { pixmp->width = inst->width; -- 2.17.0