[PATCH] PCI: imx6: Avoid dereferencing a NULL clock name

Manivannan Sadhasivam mani at kernel.org
Thu Sep 10 01:24:50 PDT 2026


On Sun, Aug 02, 2026 at 10:55:03AM +0000, Rudi Heitbaum wrote:
> of_clk_bulk_get() leaves clk_bulk_data::id as NULL for every clock that
> has no matching entry in "clock-names", which is legal: a node may list
> more "clocks" phandles than it names. The extref scan dereferences that
> id unconditionally, so such a node oopses during probe.
> 
> Check clk_bulk_data::id before dereferencing it.
> 
> Fixes: d8574ce57d76 ("PCI: imx6: Add external reference clock input mode support")
> Cc: stable at vger.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Rudi Heitbaum <rudi at heitbaum.com>
> ---
>  drivers/pci/controller/dwc/pci-imx6.c | 3 ++-
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/pci/controller/dwc/pci-imx6.c b/drivers/pci/controller/dwc/pci-imx6.c
> index f7389b5437df..dcdeba1856f7 100644
> --- a/drivers/pci/controller/dwc/pci-imx6.c
> +++ b/drivers/pci/controller/dwc/pci-imx6.c
> @@ -1831,7 +1831,8 @@ static int imx_pcie_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
>  		return dev_err_probe(dev, imx_pcie->num_clks,
>  				     "failed to get clocks\n");
>  	for (i = 0; i < imx_pcie->num_clks; i++)
> -		if (strncmp(imx_pcie->clks[i].id, "extref", 6) == 0)
> +		if (imx_pcie->clks[i].id &&
> +		    strncmp(imx_pcie->clks[i].id, "extref", 6) == 0)

As Sashiko mentioned, there are other places in this driver without the check.
Please fix all of them in a single patch.

- Mani

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