upstream d2f6650a950dadd20667a04a9dc785f240d43695 From: Thomas Renninger <trenn@xxxxxxx> 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: [<ffffffff8128402d>] acpi_bus_start+0x14/0x24 ... [<ffffffffa008977a>] acpiphp_bus_add+0xba/0x130 [acpiphp] [<ffffffffa008aa72>] enable_device+0x132/0x2ff [acpiphp] [<ffffffffa0089b68>] acpiphp_enable_slot+0xb8/0x130 [acpiphp] [<ffffffffa0089df7>] 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 <trenn@xxxxxxx> Acked-by: Bjorn Helgaas <bjorn.helgaas@xxxxxx> CC: stable@xxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Len Brown <len.brown@xxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/acpi/scan.c | 3 +++ 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/acpi/scan.c b/drivers/acpi/scan.c index ff9f622..8044583 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; -- 1.7.0.17.g7e5eb -- 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