This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled crypto: img-hash - Fix variable dereferenced before check 'hdev->req' to the 4.9-stable tree which can be found at: http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary The filename of the patch is: crypto-img-hash-fix-variable-dereferenced-before-che.patch and it can be found in the queue-4.9 subdirectory. If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree, please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it. commit d09efedddda746127ad671c8a2e6750317c51b51 Author: Gaosheng Cui <cuigaosheng1@xxxxxxxxxx> Date: Thu Dec 1 14:25:26 2022 +0800 crypto: img-hash - Fix variable dereferenced before check 'hdev->req' [ Upstream commit 04ba54e5af8f8f0137b08cb51a0b3a2e1ea46c94 ] Smatch report warning as follows: drivers/crypto/img-hash.c:366 img_hash_dma_task() warn: variable dereferenced before check 'hdev->req' Variable dereferenced should be done after check 'hdev->req', fix it. Fixes: d358f1abbf71 ("crypto: img-hash - Add Imagination Technologies hw hash accelerator") Fixes: 10badea259fa ("crypto: img-hash - Fix null pointer exception") Signed-off-by: Gaosheng Cui <cuigaosheng1@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx> diff --git a/drivers/crypto/img-hash.c b/drivers/crypto/img-hash.c index a2e77b87485b..157c8f5c879c 100644 --- a/drivers/crypto/img-hash.c +++ b/drivers/crypto/img-hash.c @@ -359,12 +359,16 @@ static int img_hash_dma_init(struct img_hash_dev *hdev) static void img_hash_dma_task(unsigned long d) { struct img_hash_dev *hdev = (struct img_hash_dev *)d; - struct img_hash_request_ctx *ctx = ahash_request_ctx(hdev->req); + struct img_hash_request_ctx *ctx; u8 *addr; size_t nbytes, bleft, wsend, len, tbc; struct scatterlist tsg; - if (!hdev->req || !ctx->sg) + if (!hdev->req) + return; + + ctx = ahash_request_ctx(hdev->req); + if (!ctx->sg) return; addr = sg_virt(ctx->sg);