On Thu, Mar 8, 2018 at 7:14 AM, Pavel Machek <pavel@xxxxxx> wrote: > Hi! > > pavel@n900:/sys$ uname -a > Linux n900 4.16.0-rc4-next-20180308 #71 Thu Mar 8 15:27:49 CET 2018 > armv7l GNU/Linux > pavel@n900:/sys$ grep -ri fasdfasdf . > > leads to an oops: > > [ 2278.331878] DSS: context saved > [ 2278.820343] Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at > virtual address 00000004 > [ 2278.828948] pgd = c36040a2 > [ 2278.831787] [00000004] *pgd=876c4831, *pte=00000000, *ppte=00000000 > [ 2278.838439] Internal error: Oops: 17 [#1] ARM > [ 2278.843017] Modules linked in: > [ 2278.846221] CPU: 0 PID: 16337 Comm: grep Tainted: G W > 4.16.0-rc4-next-20180308 #71 > [ 2278.855529] Hardware name: Nokia RX-51 board > [ 2278.860015] PC is at soc_codec_reg_show+0x8/0x19c > [ 2278.864959] LR is at codec_reg_show+0x28/0x30 Looks like a NULL codec (driver has offsetof of 0x4). static ssize_t soc_codec_reg_show(struct snd_soc_codec *codec, char *buf, size_t count, loff_t pos) { ... loff_t p = 0; wordsize = min_bytes_needed(codec->driver->reg_cache_size) * 2; regsize = codec->driver->reg_word_size * 2; ... This would paper over it. I have no idea that the lifetime expectation are for codec and driver... diff --git a/sound/soc/soc-core.c b/sound/soc/soc-core.c index 96c44f6576c9..78ad165ad424 100644 --- a/sound/soc/soc-core.c +++ b/sound/soc/soc-core.c @@ -137,6 +137,9 @@ static ssize_t soc_codec_reg_show(struct snd_soc_codec *codec, char *buf, size_t total = 0; loff_t p = 0; + if (!codec || !codec->driver) + return 0; + wordsize = min_bytes_needed(codec->driver->reg_cache_size) * 2; regsize = codec->driver->reg_word_size * 2; -Kees -- Kees Cook Pixel Security -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-omap" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html