In case dmaengine_prep_dma_cyclic fails, the fix return a proper error code to avoid NULL pointer dereference. Signed-off-by: Kangjie Lu <kjlu@xxxxxxx> --- drivers/tty/serial/atmel_serial.c | 12 ++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/atmel_serial.c b/drivers/tty/serial/atmel_serial.c index 05147fe24343..cf560d05008c 100644 --- a/drivers/tty/serial/atmel_serial.c +++ b/drivers/tty/serial/atmel_serial.c @@ -1237,8 +1237,10 @@ static int atmel_prepare_rx_dma(struct uart_port *port) dma_cap_set(DMA_CYCLIC, mask); atmel_port->chan_rx = dma_request_slave_channel(mfd_dev, "rx"); - if (atmel_port->chan_rx == NULL) + if (atmel_port->chan_rx == NULL) { + ret = -EINVAL; goto chan_err; + } dev_info(port->dev, "using %s for rx DMA transfers\n", dma_chan_name(atmel_port->chan_rx)); @@ -1257,6 +1259,7 @@ static int atmel_prepare_rx_dma(struct uart_port *port) if (!nent) { dev_dbg(port->dev, "need to release resource of dma\n"); + ret = -EINVAL; goto chan_err; } else { dev_dbg(port->dev, "%s: mapped %d@%p to %pad\n", __func__, @@ -1288,6 +1291,11 @@ static int atmel_prepare_rx_dma(struct uart_port *port) sg_dma_len(&atmel_port->sg_rx)/2, DMA_DEV_TO_MEM, DMA_PREP_INTERRUPT); + if (!desc) { + dev_err(port->dev, "Preparing DMA cyclic failed\n"); + ret = -ENOMEM; + goto chan_err; + } desc->callback = atmel_complete_rx_dma; desc->callback_param = port; atmel_port->desc_rx = desc; @@ -1300,7 +1308,7 @@ static int atmel_prepare_rx_dma(struct uart_port *port) atmel_port->use_dma_rx = 0; if (atmel_port->chan_rx) atmel_release_rx_dma(port); - return -EINVAL; + return ret; } static void atmel_uart_timer_callback(struct timer_list *t) -- 2.17.1