Re: [PATCH][next] iio: st_sensors: handle memory allocation failure to fix null pointer dereference

[Linus Walleij]

On Tue, Jan 21, 2020 at 5:18 PM Colin King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> A null pointer deference on pdata can occur if the allocation of
> pdata fails.  Fix this by adding a null pointer check and handle
> the -ENOMEM failure in the caller.
>
> Addresses-Coverity: ("Dereference null return value")

That's a weirdo tag, but I suppose you have aligned with the maintainers
about this.

> Fixes: 3ce85cc4fbb7 ("iio: st_sensors: get platform data from device tree")
> Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@xxxxxxxxxx>

Yours,
Linus Walleij