[PATCH v2] arm: mvebu: fix null pointer when access

From: Li Jun

Date: Wed Mar 18 2026 - 04:25:39 EST


the kzalloc&kstrdup may return null pointer, will cause kernel panic.

-Fix null pointer.

Signed-off-by: Li Jun <lijun01@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/arm/mach-mvebu/coherency.c | 6 ++++++
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-mvebu/coherency.c b/arch/arm/mach-mvebu/coherency.c
index a6b621ff0b87..f9411e16ddbb 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-mvebu/coherency.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-mvebu/coherency.c
@@ -191,7 +191,13 @@ static void __init armada_375_380_coherency_init(struct device_node *np)
struct property *p;

p = kzalloc(sizeof(*p), GFP_KERNEL);
+ if (!p)
+ return;
p->name = kstrdup("arm,io-coherent", GFP_KERNEL);
+ if (!p->name) {
+ kfree(p);
+ return;
+ }
of_add_property(cache_dn, p);
}
}
--
2.25.1