[PATCH v2] platform/x86: alienware-wmi-wmax: Fix null pointer derefence in sleep handlers

From: Kurt Borja

Date: Mon Oct 13 2025 - 01:26:43 EST


Initialize `awcc` with empty quirks to avoid a null pointer dereference
in sleep handlers for devices without the AWCC interface.

This also allows some code simplification in alienware_wmax_wmi_init().

Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Reported-by: Gal Hammer <galhammer@xxxxxxxxx>
Tested-by: Gal Hammer <galhammer@xxxxxxxxx>
Fixes: 07ac275981b1 ("platform/x86: alienware-wmi-wmax: Add support for manual fan control")
Signed-off-by: Kurt Borja <kuurtb@xxxxxxxxx>
---
Changes in v2:
- Little logic mistake in the `force_gmode` path... (oops)
- Link to v1: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20251013-sleep-fix-v1-1-92bc11b6ecae@xxxxxxxxx
---
drivers/platform/x86/dell/alienware-wmi-wmax.c | 16 ++++------------
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/dell/alienware-wmi-wmax.c b/drivers/platform/x86/dell/alienware-wmi-wmax.c
index 31f9643a6a3b5c2eb74b089dc071964bd6df8b43..cefeef84d85d111e9cc15ebed35fb83f03c41c7c 100644
--- a/drivers/platform/x86/dell/alienware-wmi-wmax.c
+++ b/drivers/platform/x86/dell/alienware-wmi-wmax.c
@@ -393,7 +393,7 @@ static const enum platform_profile_option awcc_mode_to_platform_profile[AWCC_PRO
[AWCC_PROFILE_LEGACY_PERFORMANCE] = PLATFORM_PROFILE_PERFORMANCE,
};

-static struct awcc_quirks *awcc;
+static struct awcc_quirks *awcc = &empty_quirks;

/*
* The HDMI mux sysfs node indicates the status of the HDMI input mux.
@@ -1680,22 +1680,14 @@ int __init alienware_wmax_wmi_init(void)
if (id)
awcc = id->driver_data;

- if (force_hwmon) {
- if (!awcc)
- awcc = &empty_quirks;
-
+ if (force_hwmon)
awcc->hwmon = true;
- }
-
- if (force_platform_profile) {
- if (!awcc)
- awcc = &empty_quirks;

+ if (force_platform_profile)
awcc->pprof = true;
- }

if (force_gmode) {
- if (awcc)
+ if (awcc->pprof)
awcc->gmode = true;
else
pr_warn("force_gmode requires platform profile support\n");

---
base-commit: 3ed17349f18774c24505b0c21dfbd3cc4f126518
change-id: 20251012-sleep-fix-5d0596dd92a3
--
~ Kurt