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power_supply: Fix possible NULL pointer dereference on early uevent
Don't call the power_supply_changed() from power_supply_register() when parent is still probing because it may lead to accessing parent too early. In bq27x00_battery this caused NULL pointer exception because uevent of power_supply_changed called back the the get_property() method provided by the driver. The get_property() method accessed pointer which should be returned by power_supply_register(). Starting from bq27x00_battery_probe(): di->bat = power_supply_register() power_supply_changed() kobject_uevent() power_supply_uevent() power_supply_show_property() power_supply_get_property() bq27x00_battery_get_property() dereference of di->bat which is NULL here The dereference of di->bat (value returned by power_supply_register()) is the currently visible problem. However calling back the methods provided by driver before ending the probe may lead to accessing other driver-related data which is not yet initialized. The call to power_supply_changed() is postponed till probing ends - mutex of parent device is released. Reported-by: H. Nikolaus Schaller <hns@goldelico.com> Signed-off-by: Krzysztof Kozlowski <k.kozlowski@samsung.com> Fixes: 297d716 ("power_supply: Change ownership from driver to core") Tested-By: Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller <hns@goldelico.com> Signed-off-by: Sebastian Reichel <sre@kernel.org>
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