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The upstream commit SHA1 provided is correct: 789c17185fb0f39560496c2beab9b57ce1d0cbe7
WARNING: Author mismatch between patch and upstream commit: Backport author: jianqi.ren.cn@windriver.com Commit author: Rand Deeb rand.sec96@gmail.com
Status in newer kernel trees: 6.12.y | Present (exact SHA1) 6.6.y | Present (different SHA1: c5dc2d8eb398) 6.1.y | Not found
Note: The patch differs from the upstream commit: --- 1: 789c17185fb0f ! 1: 66fa3cdc05708 ssb: Fix potential NULL pointer dereference in ssb_device_uevent() @@ Metadata ## Commit message ## ssb: Fix potential NULL pointer dereference in ssb_device_uevent()
+ [ Upstream commit 789c17185fb0f39560496c2beab9b57ce1d0cbe7 ] + The ssb_device_uevent() function first attempts to convert the 'dev' pointer to 'struct ssb_device *'. However, it mistakenly dereferences 'dev' before performing the NULL check, potentially leading to a NULL pointer @@ Commit message Signed-off-by: Rand Deeb rand.sec96@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo kvalo@kernel.org Link: https://msgid.link/20240306123028.164155-1-rand.sec96@gmail.com + Signed-off-by: Jianqi Ren jianqi.ren.cn@windriver.com
## drivers/ssb/main.c ## @@ drivers/ssb/main.c: static int ssb_bus_match(struct device *dev, struct device_driver *drv)
- static int ssb_device_uevent(const struct device *dev, struct kobj_uevent_env *env) + static int ssb_device_uevent(struct device *dev, struct kobj_uevent_env *env) { -- const struct ssb_device *ssb_dev = dev_to_ssb_dev(dev); -+ const struct ssb_device *ssb_dev; +- struct ssb_device *ssb_dev = dev_to_ssb_dev(dev); ++ struct ssb_device *ssb_dev;
if (!dev) return -ENODEV; ---
Results of testing on various branches:
| Branch | Patch Apply | Build Test | |---------------------------|-------------|------------| | stable/linux-6.1.y | Success | Success |