Re: [RESEND PATCH] pinctrl: at91: fix null pointer dereference

[Ludovic Desroches]

On Tue, Jul 28, 2015 at 02:48:09PM +0200, Linus Walleij wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 28, 2015 at 9:48 AM, Ludovic Desroches
> <ludovic.desroches@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> > From: David Dueck <davidcdueck@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > Not all gpio banks are necessarily enabled, in the current code this can
> > lead to null pointer dereferences.
> >
> > [   51.130000] Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 00000058
> (...)
> >
> > Signed-off-by: David Dueck <davidcdueck@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Acked-by: Ludovic Desroches <ludovic.desroches@xxxxxxxxx>
> > Acked-by: Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > CC: Nicolas Ferre <nicolas.ferre@xxxxxxxxx>
> > CC: Boris Brezillon <boris.brezillon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > CC: linux-arm-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > CC: linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > ---
> >
> > This patch fixes a oops in the kernel because of a NULL pointer in a table.
> > Having a NULL pointer in this table is the normal behavior if a PIO controller
> > is not enabled. So this fix is not a quick and dirty hack, it's usual to skip
> > an entry from a table if it is not filled.
> 
> Fair enough, better too many checks than too few.
> 
> Is this a regression to v4.2 that should go to stable or v4.3 material?

Yes it is a regression from v4.0, it applies well on v4.0.9

Fixes: a0b957f306fa ("pinctrl: at91: allow to have disabled gpio bank")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx # 4.0

Thanks

Ludovic
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