FAILED: patch "[PATCH] media: platform: mtk-mdp3: fix NULL deref on failed SCP" failed to apply to 6.1-stable tree

The patch below does not apply to the 6.1-stable tree.
If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit id to <[email protected]>.

To reproduce the conflict and resubmit, you may use the following commands:

git fetch https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git/ linux-6.1.y
git checkout FETCH_HEAD
git cherry-pick -x 90368323fb244da0504e3da37a182f8e89bcc3b9
# <resolve conflicts, build, test, etc.>
git commit -s
git send-email --to '<[email protected]>' --in-reply-to '2026090902-unify-stoppage-ec5d@gregkh' --subject-prefix 'PATCH 6.1.y' 'HEAD^..'

Possible dependencies:

thanks,

greg k-h

------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------

From 90368323fb244da0504e3da37a182f8e89bcc3b9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Johan Hovold <[email protected]>
Date: Mon, 6 Jul 2026 08:59:27 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] media: platform: mtk-mdp3: fix NULL deref on failed SCP
lookup

Add the missing sanity check after looking up the SCP to avoid dereferencing a NULL-pointer in case its driver has not yet been bound.

index 121b1006ffdc..f412aadb5996 100644
@@ -296,6 +296,11 @@ static int mdp_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 		mdp->scp = platform_get_drvdata(mm_pdev);
 	}
 
+	if (!mdp->scp) {
+		ret = -EPROBE_DEFER;
+		goto err_destroy_clock_wq;
+	}
+
 	mdp->rproc_handle = scp_get_rproc(mdp->scp);
 	dev_dbg(&pdev->dev, "MDP rproc_handle: %p", mdp->rproc_handle);
 

From: Johan Hovold <[email protected]>

[ Upstream commit 90368323fb244da0504e3da37a182f8e89bcc3b9 ]

Add the missing sanity check after looking up the SCP to avoid dereferencing a NULL-pointer in case its driver has not yet been bound.

---
 drivers/media/platform/mediatek/mdp3/mtk-mdp3-core.c | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

index 97edcd9d1c817..9a11064ecfa95 100644
@@ -241,6 +241,11 @@ static int mdp_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 		goto err_destroy_clock_wq;
 	}
 	mdp->scp = platform_get_drvdata(mm_pdev);
+	if (!mdp->scp) {
+		ret = -EPROBE_DEFER;
+		goto err_destroy_clock_wq;
+	}
+
 	mdp->rproc_handle = scp_get_rproc(mdp->scp);
 	dev_dbg(&pdev->dev, "MDP rproc_handle: %pK", mdp->rproc_handle);
 

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