From: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Call uart_unregister_driver() conditionally instead of unconditionally, only if it has been previously registered. This uses driver.state, just as the sh-sci.c driver does. Fixes this null pointer dereference in tty_unregister_driver(), since the 'driver' argument is null: general protection fault: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP KASAN PTI RIP: 0010:tty_unregister_driver+0x25/0x1d0 Fixes: 238b8721a554 ("serial uartlite driver") Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Peter Korsgaard <jacmet@xxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/tty/serial/uartlite.c | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) --- lnx-53.orig/drivers/tty/serial/uartlite.c +++ lnx-53/drivers/tty/serial/uartlite.c @@ -897,7 +897,8 @@ static int __init ulite_init(void) static void __exit ulite_exit(void) { platform_driver_unregister(&ulite_platform_driver); - uart_unregister_driver(&ulite_uart_driver); + if (ulite_uart_driver.state) + uart_unregister_driver(&ulite_uart_driver); } module_init(ulite_init);