[PATCH] drm/arm/malidp: fix a possible null pointer dereference

Huai-Yuan Liu qq810974084 at gmail.com
Wed Apr 3 01:43:01 UTC 2024


In malidp_mw_connector_reset, new memory is allocated with kzalloc, but 
no check is performed. In order to prevent null pointer dereferencing, 
ensure that mw_state is checked before calling 
__drm_atomic_helper_connector_reset.

Fixes: 8cbc5caf36ef ("drm: mali-dp: Add writeback connector")
Signed-off-by: Huai-Yuan Liu <qq810974084 at gmail.com>
---
 drivers/gpu/drm/arm/malidp_mw.c | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/arm/malidp_mw.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/arm/malidp_mw.c
index 626709bec6f5..25623ef9be80 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/arm/malidp_mw.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/arm/malidp_mw.c
@@ -72,7 +72,9 @@ static void malidp_mw_connector_reset(struct drm_connector *connector)
 		__drm_atomic_helper_connector_destroy_state(connector->state);
 
 	kfree(connector->state);
-	__drm_atomic_helper_connector_reset(connector, &mw_state->base);
+
+	if (mw_state)
+		__drm_atomic_helper_connector_reset(connector, &mw_state->base);
 }
 
 static enum drm_connector_status
-- 
2.34.1



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