In read_handle(), of_get_address() may return NULL which is later dereferenced. Fix this by adding NULL check. Based on our customized static analysis tool, extract vulnerability features[1], then match similar vulnerability features in this function. [1] https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git/commit /?id=2d9adecc88ab678785b581ab021f039372c324cb Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fixes: 14baf4d9c739 ("cxl: Add guest-specific code") Signed-off-by: Ma Ke <make24@xxxxxxxxxxx> --- Changes in v3: - fixed up the changelog text as suggestions. Changes in v2: - added an explanation of how the potential vulnerability was discovered, but not meet the description specification requirements. --- drivers/misc/cxl/of.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/misc/cxl/of.c b/drivers/misc/cxl/of.c index bcc005dff1c0..d8dbb3723951 100644 --- a/drivers/misc/cxl/of.c +++ b/drivers/misc/cxl/of.c @@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ static int read_handle(struct device_node *np, u64 *handle) /* Get address and size of the node */ prop = of_get_address(np, 0, &size, NULL); - if (size) + if (!prop || size) return -EINVAL; /* Helper to read a big number; size is in cells (not bytes) */ -- 2.25.1
