From: Rahul Chaturvedi <rkc@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Driver didn't verify the pointers in which it got product information back
from DMI; on QEMU one of the pointers came back null, which made the
driver crash and subsequently caused a kernel panic.
Signed-off-by: Rahul Chaturvedi <rkc@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Peter Feuerer <peter@xxxxxxxx>
Cc: Borislav Petkov <petkovbb@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Andreas Mohr <andi@xxxxxxxx>
Cc: Len Brown <lenb@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Matthew Garrett <mjg@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/platform/x86/acerhdf.c | 4 ++++
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
diff -puN drivers/platform/x86/acerhdf.c~acerhdf-driver-didnt-verify-the-pointers-in-which-it-got-product-information drivers/platform/x86/acerhdf.c
--- a/drivers/platform/x86/acerhdf.c~acerhdf-driver-didnt-verify-the-pointers-in-which-it-got-product-information
+++ a/drivers/platform/x86/acerhdf.c
@@ -524,6 +524,10 @@ static int acerhdf_check_hardware(void)
version = dmi_get_system_info(DMI_BIOS_VERSION);
product = dmi_get_system_info(DMI_PRODUCT_NAME);
+ if (!vendor || !version || !product) {
+ pr_err("error getting hardware information\n");
+ return -EINVAL;
+ }
pr_info("Acer Aspire One Fan driver, v.%s\n", DRV_VER);
_
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