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mfd: max8998: Fix possible NULL pointer dereference on i2c_new_dummy …
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During probe the driver allocates dummy I2C device for RTC with i2c_new_dummy() but it does not check the return value of this call.

In case of error (i2c_new_device(): memory allocation failure or I2C
address cannot be used) this function returns NULL which is later used
by i2c_unregister_device().

If i2c_new_dummy() fails for RTC device, fail also the probe for
main MFD driver.

Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Krzysztof Kozlowski <k.kozlowski@samsung.com>
Signed-off-by: Lee Jones <lee.jones@linaro.org>
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Krzysztof Kozlowski authored and Lee Jones committed Mar 19, 2014
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Expand Up @@ -215,6 +215,10 @@ static int max8998_i2c_probe(struct i2c_client *i2c,
mutex_init(&max8998->iolock);

max8998->rtc = i2c_new_dummy(i2c->adapter, RTC_I2C_ADDR);
if (!max8998->rtc) {
dev_err(&i2c->dev, "Failed to allocate I2C device for RTC\n");
return -ENODEV;
}
i2c_set_clientdata(max8998->rtc, max8998);

max8998_irq_init(max8998);
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