applied. thanks, -len On Thursday 06 March 2008, Thomas Renninger wrote: > Warn if packages with invalid references are evaluated > > And return an error to avoid NULL pointer access. > Lin Ming's patch avoids corrupted mem access when > BIOS has invalid references included, the handle is now zero > instead of corrupted. > > > Signed-off-by: Thomas Renninger <trenn@xxxxxxx> > > --- > Index: linux-2.6.24/drivers/acpi/utils.c > =================================================================== > --- linux-2.6.24.orig/drivers/acpi/utils.c > +++ linux-2.6.24/drivers/acpi/utils.c > @@ -407,6 +407,12 @@ acpi_evaluate_reference(acpi_handle hand > break; > } > > + if (!element->reference.handle) { > + printk(KERN_WARNING PREFIX "Invalid reference in" > + " package %s\n", pathname); > + status = AE_NULL_ENTRY; > + break; > + } > /* Get the acpi_handle. */ > > list->handles[i] = element->reference.handle; > > > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-acpi" in > the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-acpi" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html