[PATCH RFC 09/15] component: fix bug with legacy API

Russell King rmk+kernel at arm.linux.org.uk
Sat Jul 5 03:38:38 PDT 2014


Sachin Kamat reports that "component: add support for component match
array" broke Exynos DRM due to a NULL pointer deref.  Fix this.

Reported-by: Sachin Kamat <sachin.kamat at samsung.com>
Tested-by: Sachin Kamat <sachin.kamat at samsung.com>
Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel at arm.linux.org.uk>
---
 drivers/base/component.c | 10 ++++++----
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/base/component.c b/drivers/base/component.c
index b4236daed4fa..f748430bb654 100644
--- a/drivers/base/component.c
+++ b/drivers/base/component.c
@@ -293,10 +293,12 @@ int component_master_add_with_match(struct device *dev,
 	if (ops->add_components && match)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	/* Reallocate the match array for its true size */
-	match = component_match_realloc(dev, match, match->num);
-	if (IS_ERR(match))
-		return PTR_ERR(match);
+	if (match) {
+		/* Reallocate the match array for its true size */
+		match = component_match_realloc(dev, match, match->num);
+		if (IS_ERR(match))
+			return PTR_ERR(match);
+	}
 
 	master = kzalloc(sizeof(*master), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!master)
-- 
1.8.3.1




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