Re: [RESEND PATCH v2] thermal: Fix a NULL pointer dereference

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On 11/4/21 11:50 PM, Greg KH wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 04, 2021 at 04:57:07PM -0700, Subbaraman Narayanamurthy wrote:
>> of_parse_thermal_zones() parses the thermal-zones node and registers a
>> thermal_zone device for each subnode. However, if a thermal zone is
>> consuming a thermal sensor and that thermal sensor device hasn't probed
>> yet, an attempt to set trip_point_*_temp for that thermal zone device
>> can cause a NULL pointer dereference. Fix it.
>>
>>  console:/sys/class/thermal/thermal_zone87 # echo 120000 > trip_point_0_temp
>>  ...
>>  Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 0000000000000020
>>  ...
>>  Call trace:
>>   of_thermal_set_trip_temp+0x40/0xc4
>>   trip_point_temp_store+0xc0/0x1dc
>>   dev_attr_store+0x38/0x88
>>   sysfs_kf_write+0x64/0xc0
>>   kernfs_fop_write_iter+0x108/0x1d0
>>   vfs_write+0x2f4/0x368
>>   ksys_write+0x7c/0xec
>>   __arm64_sys_write+0x20/0x30
>>   el0_svc_common.llvm.7279915941325364641+0xbc/0x1bc
>>   do_el0_svc+0x28/0xa0
>>   el0_svc+0x14/0x24
>>   el0_sync_handler+0x88/0xec
>>   el0_sync+0x1c0/0x200
>>
>> While at it, fix the possible NULL pointer dereference in other
>> functions as well: of_thermal_get_temp(), of_thermal_set_emul_temp(),
>> of_thermal_get_trend().
>>
>> Suggested-by: David Collins <quic_collinsd@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Signed-off-by: Subbaraman Narayanamurthy <quic_subbaram@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>>  drivers/thermal/thermal_of.c | 9 ++++++---
>>  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>>
> <formletter>
>
> This is not the correct way to submit patches for inclusion in the
> stable kernel tree.  Please read:
>     https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/stable-kernel-rules.html
> for how to do this properly.
>
> </formletter>

Hi Greg,
For this case, is it because I've missed adding "Cc:stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" in commit text itself and cc-ed stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx directly?

Thanks,
Subbaraman



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