[PATCH] mtd: nand: mxc_nand: fix a possible NULL dereference

[Uwe Kleine-König]

Hello Corentin,

On Thu, Nov 12, 2015 at 08:46:55AM +0100, LABBE Corentin wrote:
> of_match_device could return NULL, and so cause a NULL pointer
> dereference later.
> 
> Signed-off-by: LABBE Corentin <clabbe.montjoie at gmail.com>
> ---
>  drivers/mtd/nand/mxc_nand.c | 6 ++++--
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/mtd/nand/mxc_nand.c b/drivers/mtd/nand/mxc_nand.c
> index 136e73a..9e42431 100644
> --- a/drivers/mtd/nand/mxc_nand.c
> +++ b/drivers/mtd/nand/mxc_nand.c
> @@ -1464,8 +1464,7 @@ static int __init mxcnd_probe_dt(struct mxc_nand_host *host)
>  {
>  	struct device_node *np = host->dev->of_node;
>  	struct mxc_nand_platform_data *pdata = &host->pdata;
> -	const struct of_device_id *of_id =
> -		of_match_device(mxcnd_dt_ids, host->dev);
> +	const struct of_device_id *of_id;
>  	int buswidth;
>  
>  	if (!np)
> @@ -1482,6 +1481,9 @@ static int __init mxcnd_probe_dt(struct mxc_nand_host *host)
>  
>  	pdata->width = buswidth / 8;
>  
> +	of_id = of_match_device(mxcnd_dt_ids, host->dev);
> +	if (!of_id)
> +		return -ENODEV;

You should return 1 here instead of -ENODEV. Also this check should
better be done instead of

	if (!np)
		return 1;

at the start of the function. I really wonder there is no helper
function like:

	#define of_sensible_name(dev)	of_match_device(dev->driver->of_match_table, dev)

Best regards
Uwe

>  	host->devtype_data = of_id->data;
>  
>  	return 0;
> -- 
> 2.4.10
> 
> 

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