[PATCH] backlight: pcf50633: pdata may be a null pointer, null pointer dereference cause crash

[Lee Jones]

On Mon, 01 Feb 2021, Wenjia Zhao wrote:

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> Signed-off-by: Wenjia Zhao <driverfuzzing at gmail.com>
> ---
>  drivers/video/backlight/pcf50633-backlight.c | 3 ++-
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/video/backlight/pcf50633-backlight.c b/drivers/video/backlight/pcf50633-backlight.c
> index 540dd338..43267af 100644
> --- a/drivers/video/backlight/pcf50633-backlight.c
> +++ b/drivers/video/backlight/pcf50633-backlight.c
> @@ -127,7 +127,8 @@ static int pcf50633_bl_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
>  
>  	platform_set_drvdata(pdev, pcf_bl);
>  
> -	pcf50633_reg_write(pcf_bl->pcf, PCF50633_REG_LEDDIM, pdata->ramp_time);
> +  if (pdata)
> +    pcf50633_reg_write(pcf_bl->pcf, PCF50633_REG_LEDDIM, pdata->ramp_time);

A tab should be 8 chars in Linux.

>  	/*
>  	 * Should be different from bl_props.brightness, so we do not exit

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