From: Jiasheng Jiang <jiasheng@xxxxxxxxxxx> commit f7a6021aaf02088870559f82fc13c58cda7fea1a upstream. If the device does not exist, of_get_child_by_name() will return NULL pointer. And devm_snd_soc_register_component() does not check it. Also, I have noticed that cpcap_codec_driver has not been used yet. Therefore, it should be better to check it in order to avoid the future dereference of the NULL pointer. Fixes: f6cdf2d3445d ("ASoC: cpcap: new codec") Signed-off-by: Jiasheng Jiang <jiasheng@xxxxxxxxxxx> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220111025048.524134-1-jiasheng@xxxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Mark Brown <broonie@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- sound/soc/codecs/cpcap.c | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) --- a/sound/soc/codecs/cpcap.c +++ b/sound/soc/codecs/cpcap.c @@ -1667,6 +1667,8 @@ static int cpcap_codec_probe(struct plat { struct device_node *codec_node = of_get_child_by_name(pdev->dev.parent->of_node, "audio-codec"); + if (!codec_node) + return -ENODEV; pdev->dev.of_node = codec_node; Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from jiasheng@xxxxxxxxxxx are queue-5.15/asoc-cpcap-check-for-null-pointer-after-calling-of_get_child_by_name.patch queue-5.15/revert-asoc-mediatek-check-for-error-clk-pointer.patch