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From: Michael Riesch <michael.riesch@wolfvision.net>
To: barebox@lists.infradead.org
Cc: Michael Riesch <michael.riesch@wolfvision.net>
Subject: [PATCH 0/2] of: overlay: avoid potential null pointer exception
Date: Mon,  5 Sep 2022 12:07:15 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20220905100717.150557-1-michael.riesch@wolfvision.net> (raw)

Hi all,

The function of_overlay_fix_path returns NULL in certain error cases but
of_overlay_apply_symbols (which is the only caller) does not check the
return value. For broken overlays this may result in a null pointer
exception. Fix this by checking the return value and inform the user
what exactly went wrong. To this end, improve the error handling in
of_overlay_apply_tree.

The thread [0] gives a bit more context.

Best regards,
Michael

[0] https://lore.barebox.org/barebox/95ff064f-aa11-c1ce-9d41-e38f2040c565@wolfvision.net/T/#u

Michael Riesch (2):
  of: overlay: improve error handling in of_overlay_apply_tree
  of: overlay: avoid potential null pointer exception

 drivers/of/overlay.c | 18 +++++++++++++-----
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

-- 
2.30.2




             reply	other threads:[~2022-09-05 11:33 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2022-09-05 10:07 Michael Riesch [this message]
2022-09-05 10:07 ` [PATCH 1/2] of: overlay: improve error handling in of_overlay_apply_tree Michael Riesch
2022-09-21  6:55   ` Michael Riesch
2022-09-21  7:57     ` Michael Tretter
2022-09-21 10:00       ` Michael Riesch
2022-09-05 10:07 ` [PATCH 2/2] of: overlay: avoid potential null pointer exception Michael Riesch
2022-09-12  9:16 ` [PATCH 0/2] " Sascha Hauer

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