TCPM may receive PD messages associated with unknown or unsupported alternate modes. If that happens, calls to typec_match_altmode() will return NULL. The tcpm code does not currently take this into account. This results in crashes. Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 000001f0 pgd = 41dad9a1 [000001f0] *pgd=00000000 Internal error: Oops: 5 [#1] THUMB2 Modules linked in: tcpci tcpm CPU: 0 PID: 2338 Comm: kworker/u2:0 Not tainted 5.1.18-sama5-armv7-r2 #6 Hardware name: Atmel SAMA5 Workqueue: 2-0050 tcpm_pd_rx_handler [tcpm] PC is at typec_altmode_attention+0x0/0x14 LR is at tcpm_pd_rx_handler+0xa3b/0xda0 [tcpm] ... [<c03fbee8>] (typec_altmode_attention) from [<bf8030fb>] (tcpm_pd_rx_handler+0xa3b/0xda0 [tcpm]) [<bf8030fb>] (tcpm_pd_rx_handler [tcpm]) from [<c012082b>] (process_one_work+0x123/0x2a8) [<c012082b>] (process_one_work) from [<c0120a6d>] (worker_thread+0xbd/0x3b0) [<c0120a6d>] (worker_thread) from [<c012431f>] (kthread+0xcf/0xf4) [<c012431f>] (kthread) from [<c01010f9>] (ret_from_fork+0x11/0x38) Ignore PD messages if the asociated alternate mode is not supported. Reported-by: Douglas Gilbert <dgilbert@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Douglas Gilbert <dgilbert@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Fixes: e9576fe8e605c ("usb: typec: tcpm: Support for Alternate Modes") Signed-off-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxx> --- Taking a stab at the problem. I don't really know if this is the correct fix, or even if my understanding of the problem is correct, thus marking the patch as RFC. drivers/usb/typec/tcpm/tcpm.c | 38 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------- 1 file changed, 24 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/usb/typec/tcpm/tcpm.c b/drivers/usb/typec/tcpm/tcpm.c index 77f71f602f73..1df2844469aa 100644 --- a/drivers/usb/typec/tcpm/tcpm.c +++ b/drivers/usb/typec/tcpm/tcpm.c @@ -1096,7 +1096,8 @@ static int tcpm_pd_svdm(struct tcpm_port *port, const __le32 *payload, int cnt, break; case CMD_ATTENTION: /* Attention command does not have response */ - typec_altmode_attention(adev, p[1]); + if (adev) + typec_altmode_attention(adev, p[1]); return 0; default: break; @@ -1148,20 +1149,26 @@ static int tcpm_pd_svdm(struct tcpm_port *port, const __le32 *payload, int cnt, } break; case CMD_ENTER_MODE: - typec_altmode_update_active(pdev, true); - - if (typec_altmode_vdm(adev, p[0], &p[1], cnt)) { - response[0] = VDO(adev->svid, 1, CMD_EXIT_MODE); - response[0] |= VDO_OPOS(adev->mode); - return 1; + if (adev && pdev) { + typec_altmode_update_active(pdev, true); + + if (typec_altmode_vdm(adev, p[0], &p[1], cnt)) { + response[0] = VDO(adev->svid, 1, + CMD_EXIT_MODE); + response[0] |= VDO_OPOS(adev->mode); + return 1; + } } return 0; case CMD_EXIT_MODE: - typec_altmode_update_active(pdev, false); + if (adev && pdev) { + typec_altmode_update_active(pdev, false); - /* Back to USB Operation */ - WARN_ON(typec_altmode_notify(adev, TYPEC_STATE_USB, - NULL)); + /* Back to USB Operation */ + WARN_ON(typec_altmode_notify(adev, + TYPEC_STATE_USB, + NULL)); + } break; default: break; @@ -1171,8 +1178,10 @@ static int tcpm_pd_svdm(struct tcpm_port *port, const __le32 *payload, int cnt, switch (cmd) { case CMD_ENTER_MODE: /* Back to USB Operation */ - WARN_ON(typec_altmode_notify(adev, TYPEC_STATE_USB, - NULL)); + if (adev) + WARN_ON(typec_altmode_notify(adev, + TYPEC_STATE_USB, + NULL)); break; default: break; @@ -1183,7 +1192,8 @@ static int tcpm_pd_svdm(struct tcpm_port *port, const __le32 *payload, int cnt, } /* Informing the alternate mode drivers about everything */ - typec_altmode_vdm(adev, p[0], &p[1], cnt); + if (adev) + typec_altmode_vdm(adev, p[0], &p[1], cnt); return rlen; } -- 2.7.4