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

Conor Dooley conor at kernel.org
Sun May 3 10:54:48 PDT 2026


Hey,

On Sat, May 02, 2026 at 07:02:57PM +0300, Mohamed Ayman wrote:
> 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.


These two things should be two different patches, since they're
completely unrelated.

Additionally, the patch is missing a signoff.

> ---
>  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) {

Is it actually possible for this to fail?

Cheers,
Conor.

> +			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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