From: Hugo Villeneuve <hvilleneuve@xxxxxxxxxxxx> When trying to instantiate a max14830 device from userspace: echo max14830 0x60 > /sys/bus/i2c/devices/i2c-2/new_device we get the following error: Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address... ... Call trace: max310x_i2c_probe+0x48/0x170 [max310x] i2c_device_probe+0x150/0x2a0 ... Add check for validity of devtype to prevent the error, and abort probe with a meaningful error message. Fixes: 2e1f2d9a9bdb ("serial: max310x: implement I2C support") Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Hugo Villeneuve <hvilleneuve@xxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/tty/serial/max310x.c | 7 +++++-- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/max310x.c b/drivers/tty/serial/max310x.c index f3a99daebdaa..4a33fd950ed2 100644 --- a/drivers/tty/serial/max310x.c +++ b/drivers/tty/serial/max310x.c @@ -1602,13 +1602,16 @@ static unsigned short max310x_i2c_slave_addr(unsigned short addr, static int max310x_i2c_probe(struct i2c_client *client) { - const struct max310x_devtype *devtype = - device_get_match_data(&client->dev); + const struct max310x_devtype *devtype; struct i2c_client *port_client; struct regmap *regmaps[4]; unsigned int i; u8 port_addr; + devtype = device_get_match_data(&client->dev); + if (!devtype) + return dev_err_probe(&client->dev, -ENODEV, "Failed to match device\n"); + if (client->addr < devtype->slave_addr.min || client->addr > devtype->slave_addr.max) return dev_err_probe(&client->dev, -EINVAL, -- 2.39.2