[PATCH v2] clk: bcm: rpi: Add NULL check in raspberrypi_clk_register()

Stefan Wahren wahrenst at gmx.net
Thu Apr 17 03:08:54 PDT 2025


Am 02.04.25 um 04:05 schrieb Henry Martin:
> devm_kasprintf() returns NULL when memory allocation fails. Currently,
> raspberrypi_clk_register() does not check for this case, which results
> in a NULL pointer dereference.
>
> Add NULL check after devm_kasprintf() to prevent this issue.
>
> Fixes: 93d2725affd6 ("clk: bcm: rpi: Discover the firmware clocks")
> Signed-off-by: Henry Martin <bsdhenrymartin at gmail.com>
> Reviewed-by: Dave Stevenson <dave.stevenson at raspberrypi.com>
Reviewed-by: Stefan Wahren <wahrenst at gmx.net>

Just a note, please don't send new patch versions as a reply to older 
ones. This makes them harder to find.

Thanks
> ---
> V1 -> V2: Correct the commit hash in the Fixes: tag.
>
>   drivers/clk/bcm/clk-raspberrypi.c | 2 ++
>   1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/clk/bcm/clk-raspberrypi.c b/drivers/clk/bcm/clk-raspberrypi.c
> index 0e1fe3759530..720acc10f8aa 100644
> --- a/drivers/clk/bcm/clk-raspberrypi.c
> +++ b/drivers/clk/bcm/clk-raspberrypi.c
> @@ -286,6 +286,8 @@ static struct clk_hw *raspberrypi_clk_register(struct raspberrypi_clk *rpi,
>   	init.name = devm_kasprintf(rpi->dev, GFP_KERNEL,
>   				   "fw-clk-%s",
>   				   rpi_firmware_clk_names[id]);
> +	if (!init.name)
> +		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
>   	init.ops = &raspberrypi_firmware_clk_ops;
>   	init.flags = CLK_GET_RATE_NOCACHE;
>   




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