[PATCH] powerpc/83xx: Add a null pointer check to mcu_gpiochip_add

LEROY Christophe christophe.leroy2 at cs-soprasteria.com
Mon Sep 1 18:59:16 AEST 2025



Le 15/01/2024 à 10:43, Kunwu Chan a écrit :
> kasprintf() returns a pointer to dynamically allocated memory
> which can be NULL upon failure. Ensure the allocation was successful
> by checking the pointer validity.
> 
> Cc: Kunwu Chan <kunwu.chan at hotmail.com>
> Signed-off-by: Kunwu Chan <chentao at kylinos.cn>

Reviewed-by: Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy at csgroup.eu>

> ---
>   arch/powerpc/platforms/83xx/mcu_mpc8349emitx.c | 2 ++
>   1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/83xx/mcu_mpc8349emitx.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/83xx/mcu_mpc8349emitx.c
> index 4d8fa9ed1a67..d1ae66eaa687 100644
> --- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/83xx/mcu_mpc8349emitx.c
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/83xx/mcu_mpc8349emitx.c
> @@ -120,6 +120,8 @@ static int mcu_gpiochip_add(struct mcu *mcu)
>   
>   	gc->owner = THIS_MODULE;
>   	gc->label = kasprintf(GFP_KERNEL, "%pfw", dev_fwnode(dev));
> +	if (!gc->label)
> +		return -ENOMEM;
>   	gc->can_sleep = 1;
>   	gc->ngpio = MCU_NUM_GPIO;
>   	gc->base = -1;



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