Re: [PATCH v3 08/23] media: iris: Fix NULL pointer dereference

[Bryan O'Donoghue <bryan.odonoghue@linaro.org>]

On 01/05/2025 20:13, Dikshita Agarwal wrote:
> A warning reported by smatch indicated a possible null pointer
> dereference where one of the arguments to API
> "iris_hfi_gen2_handle_system_error" could sometimes be null.
> 
> To fix this, add a check to validate that the argument passed is not
> null before accessing its members.
> 
> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
> Fixes: fb583a214337 ("media: iris: introduce host firmware interface with necessary hooks")
> Reported-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@linaro.org>
> Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-media/634cc9b8-f099-4b54-8556-d879fb2b5169@stanley.mountain/
> Acked-by: Vikash Garodia <quic_vgarodia@quicinc.com>
> Signed-off-by: Dikshita Agarwal <quic_dikshita@quicinc.com>
> ---
>   drivers/media/platform/qcom/iris/iris_hfi_gen2_response.c | 3 ++-
>   1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/qcom/iris/iris_hfi_gen2_response.c b/drivers/media/platform/qcom/iris/iris_hfi_gen2_response.c
> index d1a2a497a7b2..4488540d1d41 100644
> --- a/drivers/media/platform/qcom/iris/iris_hfi_gen2_response.c
> +++ b/drivers/media/platform/qcom/iris/iris_hfi_gen2_response.c
> @@ -265,7 +265,8 @@ static int iris_hfi_gen2_handle_system_error(struct iris_core *core,
>   {
>   	struct iris_inst *instance;
>   
> -	dev_err(core->dev, "received system error of type %#x\n", pkt->type);
> +	if (pkt)
> +		dev_err(core->dev, "received system error of type %#x\n", pkt->type);
>   
>   	core->state = IRIS_CORE_ERROR;
>   
> 
Reviewed-by: Bryan O'Donoghue <bryan.odonoghue@linaro.org>