strncmp() does not check if the params are NULL. In acpi_table_parse(), if @id is NULL, the kernel will panic. Signed-off-by: Tang Chen <tangchen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/acpi/tables.c | 2 +- 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/acpi/tables.c b/drivers/acpi/tables.c index d67a1fe..5a5263b 100644 --- a/drivers/acpi/tables.c +++ b/drivers/acpi/tables.c @@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ int __init acpi_table_parse(char *id, acpi_tbl_table_handler handler) if (acpi_disabled) return -ENODEV; - if (!handler) + if (!id || !handler) return -EINVAL; if (strncmp(id, ACPI_SIG_MADT, 4) == 0) -- 1.7.1 -- 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