The __component_match_add function may assign the 'matchptr' pointer
the value ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM), which will subsequently be dereferenced.

The call stack leading to the error looks like this:

hda_component_manager_init
|-> component_match_add
    |-> component_match_add_release
        |-> __component_match_add ( ... ,**matchptr, ... )
            |-> *matchptr = ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);       // assign
|-> component_master_add_with_match( ...  match)
    |-> component_match_realloc(match, match->num); // dereference

Add IS_ERR() check to prevent the crash.

Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE.

Fixes: ae7abe36e352 ("ALSA: hda/realtek: Add CS35L41 support for Thinkpad laptops")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Denis Arefev <arefev@swemel.ru>
---
V1 -> V2:
Changed tag Fixes
Add print to log an error it as Stefan Binding <sbinding@opensource.cirrus.com> suggested

 sound/hda/codecs/side-codecs/hda_component.c | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/sound/hda/codecs/side-codecs/hda_component.c b/sound/hda/codecs/side-codecs/hda_component.c
index bcf47a301697..603a9b8ca481 100644
--- a/sound/hda/codecs/side-codecs/hda_component.c
+++ b/sound/hda/codecs/side-codecs/hda_component.c
@@ -174,6 +174,10 @@ int hda_component_manager_init(struct hda_codec *cdc,
 		sm->match_str = match_str;
 		sm->index = i;
 		component_match_add(dev, &match, hda_comp_match_dev_name, sm);
+		if (IS_ERR(match)) {
+			codec_err(cdc, "Fail to add component %ld\n", PTR_ERR(match));
+			return PTR_ERR(match);
+		}
 	}
 
 	ret = component_master_add_with_match(dev, ops, match);
-- 
2.43.0

On Thu, 09 Oct 2025 12:50:47 +0200,
Denis Arefev wrote:
> 
> The __component_match_add function may assign the 'matchptr' pointer
> the value ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM), which will subsequently be dereferenced.
> 
> The call stack leading to the error looks like this:
> 
> hda_component_manager_init
> |-> component_match_add
>     |-> component_match_add_release
>         |-> __component_match_add ( ... ,**matchptr, ... )
>             |-> *matchptr = ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);       // assign
> |-> component_master_add_with_match( ...  match)
>     |-> component_match_realloc(match, match->num); // dereference
> 
> Add IS_ERR() check to prevent the crash.
> 
> Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE.
> 
> Fixes: ae7abe36e352 ("ALSA: hda/realtek: Add CS35L41 support for Thinkpad laptops")
> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Denis Arefev <arefev@swemel.ru>
> ---
> V1 -> V2:
> Changed tag Fixes
> Add print to log an error it as Stefan Binding <sbinding@opensource.cirrus.com> suggested

Applied now.  Thanks.


Takashi