This patch fixes a NULL pointer dereference on led_dat->mode_val. Due to this bug, a kernel oops can be observed at probe time on the LaCie 2Big and 5Big v2 boards: Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 00000008 [...] [<c03f244c>] (netxbig_led_probe) from [<c02c8c6c>] (platform_drv_probe+0x4c/0x9c) [<c02c8c6c>] (platform_drv_probe) from [<c02c72d0>] (driver_probe_device+0x98/0x25c) [<c02c72d0>] (driver_probe_device) from [<c02c7520>] (__driver_attach+0x8c/0x90) [<c02c7520>] (__driver_attach) from [<c02c5c24>] (bus_for_each_dev+0x68/0x94) [<c02c5c24>] (bus_for_each_dev) from [<c02c6408>] (bus_add_driver+0x124/0x1dc) [<c02c6408>] (bus_add_driver) from [<c02c7ac0>] (driver_register+0x78/0xf8) [<c02c7ac0>] (driver_register) from [<c000888c>] (do_one_initcall+0x80/0x1cc) [<c000888c>] (do_one_initcall) from [<c0733618>] (kernel_init_freeable+0xe4/0x1b4) [<c0733618>] (kernel_init_freeable) from [<c058db9c>] (kernel_init+0xc/0xec) [<c058db9c>] (kernel_init) from [<c0009850>] (ret_from_fork+0x14/0x24) [...] This bug was introduced by commit 588a6a99286ae30afb1339d8bc2163517b1b7dd1 ("leds: netxbig: fix attribute-creation race"). Signed-off-by: Simon Guinot <simon.guinot@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> # 3.17+ Acked-by: Johan Hovold <johan@xxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/leds/leds-netxbig.c | 12 ++++++------ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/leds/leds-netxbig.c b/drivers/leds/leds-netxbig.c index 64fde485dcaa..4c794f15a57f 100644 --- a/drivers/leds/leds-netxbig.c +++ b/drivers/leds/leds-netxbig.c @@ -330,18 +330,18 @@ create_netxbig_led(struct platform_device *pdev, led_dat->sata = 0; led_dat->cdev.brightness = LED_OFF; led_dat->cdev.flags |= LED_CORE_SUSPENDRESUME; - /* - * If available, expose the SATA activity blink capability through - * a "sata" sysfs attribute. - */ - if (led_dat->mode_val[NETXBIG_LED_SATA] != NETXBIG_LED_INVALID_MODE) - led_dat->cdev.groups = netxbig_led_groups; led_dat->mode_addr = template->mode_addr; led_dat->mode_val = template->mode_val; led_dat->bright_addr = template->bright_addr; led_dat->bright_max = (1 << pdata->gpio_ext->num_data) - 1; led_dat->timer = pdata->timer; led_dat->num_timer = pdata->num_timer; + /* + * If available, expose the SATA activity blink capability through + * a "sata" sysfs attribute. + */ + if (led_dat->mode_val[NETXBIG_LED_SATA] != NETXBIG_LED_INVALID_MODE) + led_dat->cdev.groups = netxbig_led_groups; return led_classdev_register(&pdev->dev, &led_dat->cdev); } -- 2.1.1 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe stable" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html