From: Shawn Lin <shawn.lin@rock-chips.com>
To: Tuo Li <islituo@gmail.com>
Cc: shawn.lin@rock-chips.com, linux-mmc@vger.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, jh80.chung@samsung.com,
ulf.hansson@linaro.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mmc: dw_mmc: Add a defensive check to prevent potential null-pointer dereferences in dw_mci_runtime_resume()
Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2025 08:28:41 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <7a24821b-d54e-4463-9274-215c027c9be2@rock-chips.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20251211161313.3994317-1-islituo@gmail.com>
Hi Tuo,
在 2025/12/12 星期五 0:13, Tuo Li 写道:
> In this function, the variable host->slot is checked and then dereferenced
> in several places which indicates it can be NULL, for example:
>
> if (host->slot && host->slot->mmc->pm_flags & MMC_PM_KEEP_POWER)
> dw_mci_set_ios(host->slot->mmc, &host->slot->mmc->ios);
>
> However, in the following cases, host->slot is dereferenced without a
> preceding NULL check, which introduces a risk of null-pointer dereference:
>
> dw_mci_setup_bus(host->slot, true);
>
> if (sdio_irq_claimed(host->slot->mmc))
> __dw_mci_enable_sdio_irq(host->slot, 1);
>
> dw_mci_enable_cd(host);
>
> To prevent such issues, add a defensive check to ensure host->slot is not
> NULL before dereferencing it.
>
Thanks for your patch. we plan to remove the slot design
entirely soon, probably this cycle.
> Signed-off-by: Tuo Li <islituo@gmail.com>
> ---
> drivers/mmc/host/dw_mmc.c | 17 ++++++++++-------
> 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/mmc/host/dw_mmc.c b/drivers/mmc/host/dw_mmc.c
> index 9e74b675e92d..e74dea0a32d4 100644
> --- a/drivers/mmc/host/dw_mmc.c
> +++ b/drivers/mmc/host/dw_mmc.c
> @@ -3670,15 +3670,18 @@ int dw_mci_runtime_resume(struct device *dev)
> if (host->slot && host->slot->mmc->pm_flags & MMC_PM_KEEP_POWER)
> dw_mci_set_ios(host->slot->mmc, &host->slot->mmc->ios);
>
> - /* Force setup bus to guarantee available clock output */
> - dw_mci_setup_bus(host->slot, true);
>
> - /* Re-enable SDIO interrupts. */
> - if (sdio_irq_claimed(host->slot->mmc))
> - __dw_mci_enable_sdio_irq(host->slot, 1);
> + if (host->slot) {
> + /* Force setup bus to guarantee available clock output */
> + dw_mci_setup_bus(host->slot, true);
>
> - /* Now that slots are all setup, we can enable card detect */
> - dw_mci_enable_cd(host);
> + /* Re-enable SDIO interrupts. */
> + if (sdio_irq_claimed(host->slot->mmc))
> + __dw_mci_enable_sdio_irq(host->slot, 1);
> +
> + /* Now that slots are all setup, we can enable card detect */
> + dw_mci_enable_cd(host);
> + }
>
> return 0;
>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2025-12-12 0:44 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-12-11 16:13 Tuo Li
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2025-12-12 5:13 ` Tuo Li
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