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* [PATCH 1/3] video/ssd1307fb: fix NULL pointer dereference in probe
@ 2020-03-02 11:49 Ahmad Fatoum
  2020-03-02 11:49 ` [PATCH 2/3] video/ssd1307fb: drop unneeded regulator NULL checks Ahmad Fatoum
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From: Ahmad Fatoum @ 2020-03-02 11:49 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: barebox; +Cc: Ahmad Fatoum, bst

info->priv is dereferenced before a valid value has been set leading to
a NULL pointer dereference in the probe function. Fix this.

Signed-off-by: Ahmad Fatoum <a.fatoum@pengutronix.de>
---
Cc: bst@pengutronix.de
Cc: str@pengutronix.de

Hi,

how did this ever work? Does the platform that you used this on not trap
on NULL-pointer dereference?

Cheers,
---
 drivers/video/ssd1307fb.c | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/video/ssd1307fb.c b/drivers/video/ssd1307fb.c
index 70077e43a879..83a561a3e1fc 100644
--- a/drivers/video/ssd1307fb.c
+++ b/drivers/video/ssd1307fb.c
@@ -405,8 +405,9 @@ static int ssd1307fb_probe(struct device_d *dev)
 	}
 
 	info = xzalloc(sizeof(struct fb_info));
+	par = xzalloc(sizeof(*par));
 
-	par = info->priv;
+	info->priv = par;
 	par->info = info;
 	par->client = client;
 
@@ -574,6 +575,7 @@ reset_oled_error:
 	free(vmem);
 fb_alloc_error:
 	regulator_disable(par->vbat);
+	free(par);
 	free(info);
 	return ret;
 }
-- 
2.25.0


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