From: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@intel.com>
To: Ethan Tidmore <ethantidmore06@gmail.com>
Cc: "Jonathan Santos" <Jonathan.Santos@analog.com>,
"Jonathan Cameron" <jic23@kernel.org>,
"Michael Hennerich" <Michael.Hennerich@analog.com>,
"Lars-Peter Clausen" <lars@metafoo.de>,
"David Lechner" <dlechner@baylibre.com>,
"Nuno Sá" <nuno.sa@analog.com>,
"Andy Shevchenko" <andy@kernel.org>,
linux-iio@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
"kernel test robot" <lkp@intel.com>,
"Dan Carpenter" <error27@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] iio: adc: ad7768-1: Fix ERR_PTR dereference in ad7768_fill_scale_tbl
Date: Mon, 16 Feb 2026 09:35:05 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <aZLIqW1JN34xvQun@smile.fi.intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260214184637.16985-1-ethantidmore06@gmail.com>
On Sat, Feb 14, 2026 at 12:46:37PM -0600, Ethan Tidmore wrote:
> The function iio_get_current_scan_type() can return an error pointer,
> the return value scan_type is not checked for this and immediately
> dereferenced which can cause a kernel panic.
>
> Add check for IS_ERR() and propagate the error back.
Reviewed-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@intel.com>
--
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-02-16 7:35 UTC|newest]
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2026-02-14 18:46 Ethan Tidmore
2026-02-16 7:35 ` Andy Shevchenko [this message]
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