In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
drm/meson: fix shutdown crash when component not probed
When main component is not probed, by example when the dw-hdmi module is not loaded yet or in probe defer, the following crash appears on shutdown:
Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 0000000000000038 … pc : meson_drv_shutdown+0x24/0x50 lr : platform_drv_shutdown+0x20/0x30 … Call trace: meson_drv_shutdown+0x24/0x50 platform_drv_shutdown+0x20/0x30 device_shutdown+0x158/0x360 kernel_restart_prepare+0x38/0x48 kernel_restart+0x18/0x68 __do_sys_reboot+0x224/0x250 __arm64_sys_reboot+0x24/0x30 …
Simply check if the priv struct has been allocated before using it.