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    ipmi: ssif: initialize ssif_info->client early · 34f35f8f
    Mian Yousaf Kaukab authored
    During probe ssif_info->client is dereferenced in error path. However,
    it is set when some of the error checking has already been done. This
    causes following kernel crash if an error path is taken:
    
    [   30.645593][  T674] ipmi_ssif 0-000e: ipmi_ssif: Not probing, Interface already present
    [   30.657616][  T674] Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 0000000000000088
    ...
    [   30.657723][  T674] pc : __dev_printk+0x28/0xa0
    [   30.657732][  T674] lr : _dev_err+0x7c/0xa0
    ...
    [   30.657772][  T674] Call trace:
    [   30.657775][  T674]  __dev_printk+0x28/0xa0
    [   30.657778][  T674]  _dev_err+0x7c/0xa0
    [   30.657781][  T674]  ssif_probe+0x548/0x900 [ipmi_ssif 62ce4b08badc1458fd896206d9ef69a3c31f3d3e]
    [   30.657791][  T674]  i2c_device_probe+0x37c/0x3c0
    ...
    
    Initialize ssif_info->client before any error path can be taken. Clear
    i2c_client data in the error path to prevent the dangling pointer from
    leaking.
    
    Fixes: c4436c91 ("ipmi_ssif: avoid registering duplicate ssif interface")
    Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # 5.4.x
    Suggested-by: default avatarTakashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarMian Yousaf Kaukab <ykaukab@suse.de>
    Message-Id: <20211208093239.4432-1-ykaukab@suse.de>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarCorey Minyard <cminyard@mvista.com>
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