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tty: serial: 8250: protect against NULL uart->port.dev in register

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serial8250_register_8250_port() conditionally copies uart->port.dev
from up->port.dev only when up->port.dev is non-NULL:

	if (up->port.dev) {
		uart->port.dev = up->port.dev;
		...
	}

So if both the existing uart slot and up have a NULL ->dev,
uart->port.dev remains NULL. The very next ACPI companion check
then dereferences it unconditionally:

	if (!has_acpi_companion(uart->port.dev)) {

has_acpi_companion() reads dev->fwnode without a NULL guard
(include/linux/acpi.h), so this NULL-derefs the kernel for the
remaining no-dev case rather than just skipping the
mctrl_gpio_init() initialisation as intended.

smatch flags the inconsistency:

  drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_core.c:767
  serial8250_register_8250_port() error: 'uart->port.dev' could be
  null (see line 719)

Guard the call with a NULL check so register continues to work
for callers that legitimately have no parent device (legacy
non-OF/non-ACPI registrations).

No functional change for callers that pass a non-NULL ->dev.

Signed-off-by: Stepan Ionichev <sozdayvek@gmail.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260508181237.11146-1-sozdayvek@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
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Stepan Ionichev 2026-05-08 23:12:37 +05:00 committed by Greg Kroah-Hartman
parent ab5eadfea1
commit 941c9f84c9
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drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_core.c
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@ -764,7 +764,7 @@ int serial8250_register_8250_port(const struct uart_8250_port *up)
* Only call mctrl_gpio_init(), if the device has no ACPI
* companion device
*/
if (!has_acpi_companion(uart->port.dev)) {
if (uart->port.dev && !has_acpi_companion(uart->port.dev)) {
struct mctrl_gpios *gpios = mctrl_gpio_init(&uart->port, 0);
if (IS_ERR(gpios)) {
ret = PTR_ERR(gpios);