From: Aboorva Devarajan <aboorvad@linux.ibm.com> commit 0813fd2e14ca6ecd4e6ba005a9766f08e26020d7 upstream. Ensure cpufreq_driver->set_boost is non-NULL before using it in cpufreq_online() to prevent a potential NULL pointer dereference. Reported-by: Gautam Menghani <gautam@linux.ibm.com> Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/c9e56c5f54cc33338762c94e9bed7b5a0d5de812.camel@l... Fixes: da59223d340c ("cpufreq: Introduce a more generic way to set default per-policy boost flag") Suggested-by: Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@linaro.org> Signed-off-by: Aboorva Devarajan <aboorvad@linux.ibm.com> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250205181347.2079272-1-aboorvad@linux.ibm.com [ rjw: Minor edits in the subject and changelog ] Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Xinghai Cen <cenxinghai@h-partners.com> Signed-off-by: Qi Xi <xiqi2@huawei.com> --- drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c index 017ae0a585be..717eedd7868e 100644 --- a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c +++ b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c @@ -1566,7 +1566,8 @@ static int cpufreq_online(unsigned int cpu) policy->cdev = of_cpufreq_cooling_register(policy); /* Let the per-policy boost flag mirror the cpufreq_driver boost during init */ - if (policy->boost_enabled != cpufreq_boost_enabled()) { + if (cpufreq_driver->set_boost && + policy->boost_enabled != cpufreq_boost_enabled()) { policy->boost_enabled = cpufreq_boost_enabled(); ret = cpufreq_driver->set_boost(policy, policy->boost_enabled); if (ret) { -- 2.33.0