NAK: [PATCH][next] regulator: axp20x: check rdev is null before dereferencing it

From: Colin Ian King
Date: Sat Dec 22 2018 - 13:31:50 EST


On 22/12/2018 11:26, Colin King wrote:
> From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Currently rdev is dereferenced when assigning desc before rdev is null
> checked, hence there is a potential null pointer dereference on rdev.
> Fix this by null checking rdev first.
>
> Detected by CoverityScan, CID#1476031 ("Dereference before null check")
>
> Fixes: 77e3e3b165db ("regulator: axp20x: add software based soft_start for AXP209 LDO3")
> Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/regulator/axp20x-regulator.c | 4 +++-
> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/regulator/axp20x-regulator.c b/drivers/regulator/axp20x-regulator.c
> index 48af859fd053..eaa7a487924c 100644
> --- a/drivers/regulator/axp20x-regulator.c
> +++ b/drivers/regulator/axp20x-regulator.c
> @@ -436,11 +436,13 @@ static int axp20x_set_ramp_delay(struct regulator_dev *rdev, int ramp)
> static int axp20x_regulator_enable_regmap(struct regulator_dev *rdev)
> {
> struct axp20x_dev *axp20x = rdev_get_drvdata(rdev);
> - const struct regulator_desc *desc = rdev->desc;
> + const struct regulator_desc *desc;
>
> if (!rdev)
> return -EINVAL;
>
> + desc = rdev->desc;
> +
> switch (axp20x->variant) {
> case AXP209_ID:
> if ((desc->id == AXP20X_LDO3) &&
>

Forgot to add in another fix, I'll send a V2.