[PATCH] riscv: cpuinfo: Fix NULL dereference and inconsistent error code

Mohamed Ayman mohamedaymanworkspace at gmail.com
Sat May 2 09:17:58 PDT 2026


Fix a potential NULL pointer dereference in c_show() by ensuring
the device tree node returned by of_get_cpu_node() is checked before use.

Also replace a non-standard return value (-1) in
riscv_of_parent_hartid() with -ENODEV to follow Linux kernel
conventions for "not found" error returns.

Both issues improve robustness and consistency with existing RISC-V CPU info handling code.

v2: Add missing Signed-off-by

Signed-off-by: Mohamed Ayman <mohamedaymanworkspace at gmail.com>
---
 arch/riscv/kernel/cpu.c | 13 +++++++------
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/riscv/kernel/cpu.c b/arch/riscv/kernel/cpu.c
index 3dbc8cc557dd..e0bc7526861f 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/kernel/cpu.c
+++ b/arch/riscv/kernel/cpu.c
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ int riscv_of_parent_hartid(struct device_node *node, unsigned long *hartid)
 		}
 	}
 
-	return -1;
+	return -ENODEV;
 }
 
 unsigned long __init riscv_get_marchid(void)
@@ -348,12 +348,13 @@ static int c_show(struct seq_file *m, void *v)
 
 	if (acpi_disabled) {
 		node = of_get_cpu_node(cpu_id, NULL);
+		if (node) {
+			if (!of_property_read_string(node, "compatible", &compat) &&
+				strcmp(compat, "riscv"))
+				seq_printf(m, "uarch\t\t: %s\n", compat);
 
-		if (!of_property_read_string(node, "compatible", &compat) &&
-		    strcmp(compat, "riscv"))
-			seq_printf(m, "uarch\t\t: %s\n", compat);
-
-		of_node_put(node);
+			of_node_put(node);
+		}
 	}
 
 	seq_printf(m, "mvendorid\t: 0x%lx\n", ci->mvendorid);
-- 
2.34.1




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