[U-Boot] [PATCH v2 2/8] console: Fix handling of NULL global_data

Simon Glass sjg at chromium.org
Tue Jun 12 06:04:56 UTC 2018


Both putc() and puts() can be called before global_data is set up. Some of
the code paths don't handle this correctly. Add an explicit test before
any member is accessed.

Reported-by: Coverity (CID: 169030)
Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg at chromium.org>
Reviewed-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk at gmx.de>
---

Changes in v2: None

 common/console.c | 8 ++++++--
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/common/console.c b/common/console.c
index 2688af56e1..2ba33dc574 100644
--- a/common/console.c
+++ b/common/console.c
@@ -502,8 +502,10 @@ void putc(const char c)
 		return;
 	}
 #endif
+	if (!gd)
+		return;
 #ifdef CONFIG_CONSOLE_RECORD
-	if (gd && (gd->flags & GD_FLG_RECORD) && gd->console_out.start)
+	if ((gd->flags & GD_FLG_RECORD) && gd->console_out.start)
 		membuff_putbyte(&gd->console_out, c);
 #endif
 #ifdef CONFIG_SILENT_CONSOLE
@@ -541,8 +543,10 @@ void puts(const char *s)
 		return;
 	}
 #endif
+	if (!gd)
+		return;
 #ifdef CONFIG_CONSOLE_RECORD
-	if (gd && (gd->flags & GD_FLG_RECORD) && gd->console_out.start)
+	if ((gd->flags & GD_FLG_RECORD) && gd->console_out.start)
 		membuff_put(&gd->console_out, s, strlen(s));
 #endif
 #ifdef CONFIG_SILENT_CONSOLE
-- 
2.18.0.rc1.244.gcf134e6275-goog



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