From ee6581ceba7f8314b81b2f2a81f1cf3f67c679e2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Dave Jiang Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2018 10:10:11 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] nfit: fix unchecked dereference in acpi_nfit_ctl Incremental patch to fix the unchecked dereference in acpi_nfit_ctl. Reported by Dan Carpenter: "acpi/nfit: fix cmd_rc for acpi_nfit_ctl to always return a value" from Jun 28, 2018, leads to the following Smatch complaint: drivers/acpi/nfit/core.c:578 acpi_nfit_ctl() warn: variable dereferenced before check 'cmd_rc' (see line 411) drivers/acpi/nfit/core.c 410 411 *cmd_rc = -EINVAL; ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Patch adds unchecked dereference. Fixes: c1985cefd844 ("acpi/nfit: fix cmd_rc for acpi_nfit_ctl to always return a value") Signed-off-by: Dave Jiang --- drivers/acpi/nfit/core.c | 6 ++++-- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/acpi/nfit/core.c b/drivers/acpi/nfit/core.c index b8040fed2a69..7c479002e798 100644 --- a/drivers/acpi/nfit/core.c +++ b/drivers/acpi/nfit/core.c @@ -408,7 +408,8 @@ int acpi_nfit_ctl(struct nvdimm_bus_descriptor *nd_desc, struct nvdimm *nvdimm, const guid_t *guid; int rc, i; - *cmd_rc = -EINVAL; + if (cmd_rc) + *cmd_rc = -EINVAL; func = cmd; if (cmd == ND_CMD_CALL) { call_pkg = buf; @@ -519,7 +520,8 @@ int acpi_nfit_ctl(struct nvdimm_bus_descriptor *nd_desc, struct nvdimm *nvdimm, * If we return an error (like elsewhere) then caller wouldn't * be able to rely upon data returned to make calculation. */ - *cmd_rc = 0; + if (cmd_rc) + *cmd_rc = 0; return 0; } -- 2.30.2