NULL check at line 528: if (!sender || !data_out || !len_out) {, implies that pointer _sender_ might be NULL.
Move pointer _sender_ dereference after NULL check in order to avoid a potential NULL pointer dereference. This issue was detected with the help of Coccinelle. Signed-off-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva <gust...@embeddedor.com> --- drivers/gpu/drm/gma500/mdfld_dsi_pkg_sender.c | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/gma500/mdfld_dsi_pkg_sender.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/gma500/mdfld_dsi_pkg_sender.c index 1616af2..c50534c 100644 --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/gma500/mdfld_dsi_pkg_sender.c +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/gma500/mdfld_dsi_pkg_sender.c @@ -520,7 +520,7 @@ static int __read_panel_data(struct mdfld_dsi_pkg_sender *sender, u8 data_type, u8 *data, u16 len, u32 *data_out, u16 len_out, bool hs) { unsigned long flags; - struct drm_device *dev = sender->dev; + struct drm_device *dev; int i; u32 gen_data_reg; int retry = MDFLD_DSI_READ_MAX_COUNT; @@ -530,6 +530,8 @@ static int __read_panel_data(struct mdfld_dsi_pkg_sender *sender, u8 data_type, return -EINVAL; } + dev = sender->dev; + /** * do reading. * 0) send out generic read request -- 2.5.0