If the twl4030-madc device wasn't registered, and another device, such as twl4030-madc-hwmon, calls twl4030_madc_conversion() a NULL pointer is dereferenced. Signed-off-by: Kyle Manna <kyle@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/mfd/twl4030-madc.c | 3 ++- 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/mfd/twl4030-madc.c b/drivers/mfd/twl4030-madc.c index 99dd611..834f824 100644 --- a/drivers/mfd/twl4030-madc.c +++ b/drivers/mfd/twl4030-madc.c @@ -510,8 +510,9 @@ int twl4030_madc_conversion(struct twl4030_madc_request *req) u8 ch_msb, ch_lsb; int ret; - if (!req) + if (!req || !twl4030_madc) return -EINVAL; + mutex_lock(&twl4030_madc->lock); if (req->method < TWL4030_MADC_RT || req->method > TWL4030_MADC_SW2) { ret = -EINVAL; -- 1.7.4.1 -- 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