Return value of a function acpi_evaluate_dsm() is dereferenced without
checking for NULL, but it is usually checked for this function.
acpi_evaluate_dsm() may return NULL, when acpi_evaluate_object() returns
acpi_status other than ACPI_SUCCESS, so add a check to prevent the crach.
Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE.
Fixes: 447106e92a0c ("ALSA: hda: cs35l41: Support mute notifications for CS35L41 HDA")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Denis Arefev <arefev@swemel.ru>
Signed-off-by: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de>
if (cs35l41_dsm_supported(handle, CS35L41_DSM_GET_MUTE)) {
ret = acpi_evaluate_dsm(handle, &guid, 0, CS35L41_DSM_GET_MUTE, NULL);
+ if (!ret)
+ return -EINVAL;
mute = *ret->buffer.pointer;
dev_dbg(cs35l41->dev, "CS35L41_DSM_GET_MUTE: %d\n", mute);
}