Re: [PATCH] [media] soc_camera: soc_camera_pdrv_probe: fix potential NULL pointer dereference

[Guennadi Liakhovetski <g.liakhovetski@gmx.de>]

On Wed, 16 Sep 2015, Wang YanQing wrote:

> Move dereference of sdesc after NULL pointer checker.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Wang YanQing <udknight@gmail.com>
> ---
>  drivers/media/platform/soc_camera/soc_camera.c | 3 ++-
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/soc_camera/soc_camera.c b/drivers/media/platform/soc_camera/soc_camera.c
> index 9087fed..53b153d 100644
> --- a/drivers/media/platform/soc_camera/soc_camera.c
> +++ b/drivers/media/platform/soc_camera/soc_camera.c
> @@ -2187,13 +2187,14 @@ static int soc_camera_video_start(struct soc_camera_device *icd)
>  static int soc_camera_pdrv_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
>  {
>  	struct soc_camera_desc *sdesc = pdev->dev.platform_data;
> -	struct soc_camera_subdev_desc *ssdd = &sdesc->subdev_desc;
> +	struct soc_camera_subdev_desc *ssdd;

NAK. This isn't a dereference. This is just an address calculation.

Thanks
Guennadi

>  	struct soc_camera_device *icd;
>  	int ret;
>  
>  	if (!sdesc)
>  		return -EINVAL;
>  
> +	ssdd = &sdesc->subdev_desc;
>  	icd = devm_kzalloc(&pdev->dev, sizeof(*icd), GFP_KERNEL);
>  	if (!icd)
>  		return -ENOMEM;
> -- 
> 1.8.5.6.2.g3d8a54e.dirty
>