[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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