In elf_strtbl_add() pointer 'strtab', which value is a result of shifting after dereference of another pointer 'ehdr', is compared to NULL, which is useless. Fix this issue by removing unneeded check. Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE. Fixes: abc72b646066 ("remoteproc: coredump: Add minidump functionality") Signed-off-by: Aleksandr Mishin <amishin@xxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_elf_helpers.h | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_elf_helpers.h b/drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_elf_helpers.h index e6de53a5000c..7c57fb553466 100644 --- a/drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_elf_helpers.h +++ b/drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_elf_helpers.h @@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ static inline unsigned int elf_strtbl_add(const char *name, void *ehdr, u8 class shdr = ehdr + elf_size_of_hdr(class) + shstrndx * elf_size_of_shdr(class); strtab = ehdr + elf_shdr_get_sh_offset(class, shdr); idx = index ? *index : 0; - if (!strtab || !name) + if (!name) return 0; ret = idx; -- 2.30.2