On Fri, Jul 07, 2017 at 01:16:26AM -0500, Gustavo A. R. Silva wrote:
> Check return value from call to of_match_device()
> in order to prevent a NULL pointer dereference.
>
> In case of NULL print error message and return.
>
> Signed-off-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva <garsilva@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/gpu/drm/tegra/vic.c | 5 +++++
> 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/tegra/vic.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/tegra/vic.c
> index 47cb1aa..7e11825 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/tegra/vic.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/tegra/vic.c
> @@ -283,6 +283,11 @@ static int vic_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
> int err;
>
> match = of_match_device(vic_match, dev);
> + if (!match) {
> + dev_err(&pdev->dev, "failed to match device\n");
> + return -ENODEV;
> + }
Someone would have to go to great lengths to trigger this condition,
might as well let it crash as a warning that they've done something
wrong.
Thierry
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