[PATCHv2 3/3] watchdog: sama5d4: fix NULL deref in irq handler
Rosen Penev
rosenp at gmail.com
Mon Jun 8 13:09:33 PDT 2026
Move platform_set_drvdata() before devm_request_irq() so that the
interrupt handler can safely dereference the driver data via
platform_get_drvdata(). An interrupt on the shared System IRQ line
(SAM9X60/SAM9X7) could fire between request_irq and the late
platform_set_drvdata() call, causing the handler to dereference NULL.
Assisted-by: opencode:big-pickle
Signed-off-by: Rosen Penev <rosenp at gmail.com>
---
drivers/watchdog/sama5d4_wdt.c | 3 +--
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/sama5d4_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/sama5d4_wdt.c
index 2536e2f2ab32..7cd6f35c8e21 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/sama5d4_wdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/sama5d4_wdt.c
@@ -268,6 +268,7 @@ static int sama5d4_wdt_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
: AT91_WDT_WDDIS;
watchdog_set_drvdata(wdd, wdt);
+ platform_set_drvdata(pdev, wdt);
regs = devm_platform_ioremap_resource(pdev, 0);
if (IS_ERR(regs))
@@ -319,8 +320,6 @@ static int sama5d4_wdt_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
if (ret)
return ret;
- platform_set_drvdata(pdev, wdt);
-
dev_info(dev, "initialized (timeout = %d sec, nowayout = %d)\n",
wdd->timeout, nowayout);
--
2.54.0
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