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Input: max8997-haptic - fix NULL pointer dereference
authorMarek Szyprowski <m.szyprowski@samsung.com>
Mon, 9 May 2016 16:31:47 +0000 (09:31 -0700)
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Thu, 19 May 2016 00:03:59 +0000 (17:03 -0700)
commit9a048abff4355201ca945d2e9ebe64ec4755c446
treed177a81373d52563b3270b06bec42822eaa30d61
parentdc7e3177f3cefcbecda0e4266cd554866ff2caea
Input: max8997-haptic - fix NULL pointer dereference

commit 6ae645d5fa385f3787bf1723639cd907fe5865e7 upstream.

NULL pointer derefence happens when booting with DTB because the
platform data for haptic device is not set in supplied data from parent
MFD device.

The MFD device creates only platform data (from Device Tree) for itself,
not for haptic child.

Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 0000009c
pgd = c0004000
[0000009c] *pgd=00000000
Internal error: Oops: 5 [#1] PREEMPT SMP ARM
(max8997_haptic_probe) from [<c03f9cec>] (platform_drv_probe+0x4c/0xb0)
(platform_drv_probe) from [<c03f8440>] (driver_probe_device+0x214/0x2c0)
(driver_probe_device) from [<c03f8598>] (__driver_attach+0xac/0xb0)
(__driver_attach) from [<c03f67ac>] (bus_for_each_dev+0x68/0x9c)
(bus_for_each_dev) from [<c03f7a38>] (bus_add_driver+0x1a0/0x218)
(bus_add_driver) from [<c03f8db0>] (driver_register+0x78/0xf8)
(driver_register) from [<c0101774>] (do_one_initcall+0x90/0x1d8)
(do_one_initcall) from [<c0a00dbc>] (kernel_init_freeable+0x15c/0x1fc)
(kernel_init_freeable) from [<c06bb5b4>] (kernel_init+0x8/0x114)
(kernel_init) from [<c0107938>] (ret_from_fork+0x14/0x3c)

Signed-off-by: Marek Szyprowski <m.szyprowski@samsung.com>
Fixes: 104594b01ce7 ("Input: add driver support for MAX8997-haptic")
[k.kozlowski: Write commit message, add CC-stable]
Signed-off-by: Krzysztof Kozlowski <k.kozlowski@samsung.com>
Signed-off-by: Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
drivers/input/misc/max8997_haptic.c