On Thu, Mar 31, 2022 at 08:49:18AM +0000, Won Chung wrote: > Component match callback functions need to check if expected data is > passed to them. Without this check, it can cause a NULL pointer > dereference when another driver registers a component before i915 > drivers have their component master fully bind. How can that happen in a real system? Or does this just happen for when you are doing development and testing? > > Fixes: 1e8d19d9b0dfc ("mei: hdcp: bind only with i915 on the same PCH") > Fixes: c2004ce99ed73 ("mei: pxp: export pavp client to me client bus") > Suggested-by: Heikki Krogerus <heikki.krogerus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Suggested-by: Mika Westerberg <mika.westerberg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Signed-off-by: Won Chung <wonchung@xxxxxxxxxx> > Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Why does this need to go to stable? How can this be triggered in older kernels? > --- > Changes from v2: > - Correctly add "Suggested-by" tag > - Add "Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" > > Changes from v1: > - Add "Fixes" tag > - Send to stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > drivers/misc/mei/hdcp/mei_hdcp.c | 2 +- > drivers/misc/mei/pxp/mei_pxp.c | 2 +- > 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/drivers/misc/mei/hdcp/mei_hdcp.c b/drivers/misc/mei/hdcp/mei_hdcp.c > index ec2a4fce8581..843dbc2b21b1 100644 > --- a/drivers/misc/mei/hdcp/mei_hdcp.c > +++ b/drivers/misc/mei/hdcp/mei_hdcp.c > @@ -784,7 +784,7 @@ static int mei_hdcp_component_match(struct device *dev, int subcomponent, > { > struct device *base = data; > > - if (strcmp(dev->driver->name, "i915") || > + if (!base || !dev->driver || strcmp(dev->driver->name, "i915") || How can base be NULL? > subcomponent != I915_COMPONENT_HDCP) > return 0; > > diff --git a/drivers/misc/mei/pxp/mei_pxp.c b/drivers/misc/mei/pxp/mei_pxp.c > index f7380d387bab..e32a81da8af6 100644 > --- a/drivers/misc/mei/pxp/mei_pxp.c > +++ b/drivers/misc/mei/pxp/mei_pxp.c > @@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ static int mei_pxp_component_match(struct device *dev, int subcomponent, > { > struct device *base = data; > > - if (strcmp(dev->driver->name, "i915") || > + if (!base || !dev->driver || strcmp(dev->driver->name, "i915") || Same here, shouldn't this be caught by the driver core or bus and match should not be called? Why not fix this in the component/driver core instead? thanks, greg k-h