From: Sudeep Holla <sudeep.holla@xxxxxxx> commit 5e469dac326555d2038d199a6329458cc82a34e5 upstream. The bus probe callback calls the driver callback without further checking. Better be safe than sorry and refuse registration of a driver without a probe function to prevent a NULL pointer exception. Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210624095059.4010157-2-sudeep.holla@xxxxxxx Fixes: 933c504424a2 ("firmware: arm_scmi: add scmi protocol bus to enumerate protocol devices") Reported-by: Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Tested-by: Cristian Marussi <cristian.marussi@xxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Cristian Marussi <cristian.marussi@xxxxxxx> Acked-by: Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Sudeep Holla <sudeep.holla@xxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/firmware/arm_scmi/bus.c | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) --- a/drivers/firmware/arm_scmi/bus.c +++ b/drivers/firmware/arm_scmi/bus.c @@ -100,6 +100,9 @@ int scmi_driver_register(struct scmi_dri { int retval; + if (!driver->probe) + return -EINVAL; + driver->driver.bus = &scmi_bus_type; driver->driver.name = driver->name; driver->driver.owner = owner;