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Won Chung
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Currently, component_match callback functions used in mei refers to the driver name, assuming that the component device being matched has a driver bound. It can cause a NULL pointer dereference when a device without a driver bound registers a component. This is due to the nature of the component framework where all registered components are matched in any component_match callback functions. So even if a component is registered by a totally irrelevant device, that component is also shared to these callbacks for i915 driver. To prevent totally irrelevant device being matched for i915 and causing a NULL pointer dereference for checking driver name, add a NULL check on dev->driver to check if there is a driver bound before checking the driver name. In the future, the string compare on the driver name, "i915" may need to be refactored too. Reviewed-by: Heikki Krogerus <heikki.krogerus@linux.intel.com> Reviewed-by: Prashant Malani <pmalani@chromium.org> Signed-off-by: Won Chung <wonchung@google.com> Acked-by: Tomas Winkler <tomas.winkler@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Mika Westerberg <mika.westerberg@linux.intel.com>
Linux kernel
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Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
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There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.