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From: John Stultz <john.stultz@linaro.org>
To: LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Cc: John Stultz <john.stultz@linaro.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Subject: [PATCH] rtc: Fix possible null pointer dereference in rtc-mpc5121.c
Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2012 13:43:35 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1335300215-21427-1-git-send-email-john.stultz@linaro.org> (raw)

Hey Thomas,
	This is against tip/timers/urgent for 3.4
thanks
-john

Mark Loard pointed out:
"For example, this beauty from rtc-mpc5121.c in the same update:
   ...
   rtc->rtc = rtc_device_register("mpc5200-rtc", &op->dev,
                                   &mpc5200_rtc_ops, THIS_MODULE);
   ...

   rtc->rtc->uie_unsupported = 1;    // <<<< Ooops NULL pointer >>>>

   if (IS_ERR(rtc->rtc)) {           // <<<< this needs to be earlier >>>>
           err = PTR_ERR(rtc->rtc);
           goto out_free_irq;
   }
   ..."
This patch moves setting the uie_unsupported flag to after
we validate the rtc->rtc pointer to resolve this.

CC: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Reported by: Mark Lord <kernel@teksavvy.com>
Signed-off-by: John Stultz <john.stultz@linaro.org>
---
 drivers/rtc/rtc-mpc5121.c |    3 +--
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/rtc/rtc-mpc5121.c b/drivers/rtc/rtc-mpc5121.c
index 42f5f82..029e421 100644
--- a/drivers/rtc/rtc-mpc5121.c
+++ b/drivers/rtc/rtc-mpc5121.c
@@ -360,12 +360,11 @@ static int __devinit mpc5121_rtc_probe(struct platform_device *op)
 						&mpc5200_rtc_ops, THIS_MODULE);
 	}
 
-	rtc->rtc->uie_unsupported = 1;
-
 	if (IS_ERR(rtc->rtc)) {
 		err = PTR_ERR(rtc->rtc);
 		goto out_free_irq;
 	}
+	rtc->rtc->uie_unsupported = 1;
 
 	return 0;
 
-- 
1.7.3.2.146.gca209


             reply	other threads:[~2012-04-24 20:44 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-04-24 20:43 John Stultz [this message]
2012-04-26  9:23 ` [tip:timers/urgent] " tip-bot for John Stultz

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