From d2f6650a950dadd20667a04a9dc785f240d43695 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Thomas Renninger Date: Fri, 29 Jan 2010 17:48:51 +0100 Subject: ACPI: Add NULL pointer check in acpi_bus_start If acpi_bus_add does not return a device and it's passed to acpi_bus_start, bad things will happen: BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 0000000000000008 IP: [] acpi_bus_start+0x14/0x24 ... [] acpiphp_bus_add+0xba/0x130 [acpiphp] [] enable_device+0x132/0x2ff [acpiphp] [] acpiphp_enable_slot+0xb8/0x130 [acpiphp] [] handle_hotplug_event_func+0x87/0x190 [acpiphp] Next patch would make this NULL pointer check obsolete, but better having one more than one missing... Signed-off-by: Thomas Renninger Acked-by: Bjorn Helgaas CC: stable@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Len Brown --- drivers/acpi/scan.c | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) (limited to 'drivers/acpi') diff --git a/drivers/acpi/scan.c b/drivers/acpi/scan.c index ff9f6226085d..8044583f3034 100644 --- a/drivers/acpi/scan.c +++ b/drivers/acpi/scan.c @@ -1357,6 +1357,9 @@ int acpi_bus_start(struct acpi_device *device) { struct acpi_bus_ops ops; + if (!device) + return -EINVAL; + memset(&ops, 0, sizeof(ops)); ops.acpi_op_start = 1; -- cgit v1.2.1