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ASoC: core: Fix possible NULL pointer dereference

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snd_soc_of_parse_card_name() may be called before card->dev has been
set, which results in a kernel panic.

Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 00000210
PC is at snd_soc_of_parse_card_name+0x18/0x54
LR is at snow_probe+0x5c/0xd4

Add an error check in snd_soc_of_parse_card_name() to take care of this
case and print out a message in case of error.

Signed-off-by: Tushar Behera <tushar.b@samsung.com>
Signed-off-by: Mark Brown <broonie@linaro.org>
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Tushar Behera 2014-07-04 14:23:00 +05:30 committed by Mark Brown
parent 1e4c0d7c9a
commit 7e07e7c085
1 changed files with 8 additions and 1 deletions
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sound/soc/soc-core.c
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@ -4420,9 +4420,16 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(snd_soc_unregister_codec);
int snd_soc_of_parse_card_name(struct snd_soc_card *card,
const char *propname)
{
struct device_node *np = card->dev->of_node;
struct device_node *np;
int ret;
if (!card->dev) {
pr_err("card->dev is not set before calling %s\n", __func__);
return -EINVAL;
}
np = card->dev->of_node;
ret = of_property_read_string_index(np, propname, 0, &card->name);
/*
* EINVAL means the property does not exist. This is fine providing