[PATCH 1/6] HID: picoLCD: prevent NULL pointer dereferences

From: Bruno PrÃmont
Date: Sun Aug 19 2012 - 13:32:02 EST


Driver code expects to get access to struct picolcd_data from hiddev
and is not prepared to find a NULL pointer there. Most prominent
candidate to trip on it is picolcd_fb_deferred_io().
Delay removing struct picolcd_data from hiddev until all sub-devices
have been unregistered.

Signed-off-by: Bruno PrÃmont <bonbons@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/hid/hid-picolcd_core.c | 2 +-
1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/hid/hid-picolcd_core.c b/drivers/hid/hid-picolcd_core.c
index e08ffd2..76ab173 100644
--- a/drivers/hid/hid-picolcd_core.c
+++ b/drivers/hid/hid-picolcd_core.c
@@ -631,7 +631,6 @@ static void picolcd_remove(struct hid_device *hdev)
device_remove_file(&hdev->dev, &dev_attr_operation_mode_delay);
hid_hw_close(hdev);
hid_hw_stop(hdev);
- hid_set_drvdata(hdev, NULL);

/* Shortcut potential pending reply that will never arrive */
spin_lock_irqsave(&data->lock, flags);
@@ -649,6 +648,7 @@ static void picolcd_remove(struct hid_device *hdev)
picolcd_exit_cir(data);
picolcd_exit_keys(data);

+ hid_set_drvdata(hdev, NULL);
mutex_destroy(&data->mutex);
/* Finally, clean up the picolcd data itself */
kfree(data);
--
1.7.8.6

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