From: Bob Moore <robert.moore@xxxxxxxxx> Fix dereference of possibly null pointer "Predefined" in the case where the method is not one of the predefined methods. Signed-off-by: Bob Moore <robert.moore@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Lin Ming <ming.m.lin@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Len Brown <len.brown@xxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/acpi/acpica/nspredef.c | 7 ++----- 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/acpi/acpica/nspredef.c b/drivers/acpi/acpica/nspredef.c index d9e8cbc..7f8e066 100644 --- a/drivers/acpi/acpica/nspredef.c +++ b/drivers/acpi/acpica/nspredef.c @@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ acpi_ns_check_predefined_names(struct acpi_namespace_node *node, pathname = acpi_ns_get_external_pathname(node); if (!pathname) { - pathname = ACPI_CAST_PTR(char, predefined->info.name); + return AE_OK; /* Could not get pathname, ignore */ } /* @@ -230,10 +230,7 @@ acpi_ns_check_predefined_names(struct acpi_namespace_node *node, } exit: - if (pathname != predefined->info.name) { - ACPI_FREE(pathname); - } - + ACPI_FREE(pathname); return (status); } -- 1.6.0.6 -- 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