From: Chen Zhongjin Date: Mon, 5 Dec 2022 08:48:05 +0000 (+0800) Subject: vme: Fix error not catched in fake_init() X-Git-Tag: v6.6.17~5902^2~2 X-Git-Url: http://review.tizen.org/git/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=7bef797d707f1744f71156b21d41e3b8c946631f;p=platform%2Fkernel%2Flinux-rpi.git vme: Fix error not catched in fake_init() In fake_init(), __root_device_register() is possible to fail but it's ignored, which can cause unregistering vme_root fail when exit. general protection fault, probably for non-canonical address 0xdffffc000000008c KASAN: null-ptr-deref in range [0x0000000000000460-0x0000000000000467] RIP: 0010:root_device_unregister+0x26/0x60 Call Trace: __x64_sys_delete_module+0x34f/0x540 do_syscall_64+0x38/0x90 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd Return error when __root_device_register() fails. Fixes: 658bcdae9c67 ("vme: Adding Fake VME driver") Signed-off-by: Chen Zhongjin Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20221205084805.147436-1-chenzhongjin@huawei.com Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman --- diff --git a/drivers/staging/vme_user/vme_fake.c b/drivers/staging/vme_user/vme_fake.c index a9d3a7f5..6454ccf 100644 --- a/drivers/staging/vme_user/vme_fake.c +++ b/drivers/staging/vme_user/vme_fake.c @@ -1070,6 +1070,8 @@ static int __init fake_init(void) /* We need a fake parent device */ vme_root = __root_device_register("vme", THIS_MODULE); + if (IS_ERR(vme_root)) + return PTR_ERR(vme_root); /* If we want to support more than one bridge at some point, we need to * dynamically allocate this so we get one per device.