From: Bob Moore <robert.moore@xxxxxxxxx> Perform a sanity check on the start object to prevent problems later. ACPICA BZ 1025. Buglink: http://bugs.acpica.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1025 Signed-off-by: Bob Moore <robert.moore@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Lv Zheng <lv.zheng@xxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/acpi/acpica/nsxfeval.c | 8 ++++++++ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+) diff --git a/drivers/acpi/acpica/nsxfeval.c b/drivers/acpi/acpica/nsxfeval.c index b38b4b0..481a6b4 100644 --- a/drivers/acpi/acpica/nsxfeval.c +++ b/drivers/acpi/acpica/nsxfeval.c @@ -605,11 +605,19 @@ acpi_walk_namespace(acpi_object_type type, goto unlock_and_exit; } + /* Now we can validate the starting node */ + + if (!acpi_ns_validate_handle(start_object)) { + status = AE_BAD_PARAMETER; + goto unlock_and_exit2; + } + status = acpi_ns_walk_namespace(type, start_object, max_depth, ACPI_NS_WALK_UNLOCK, descending_callback, ascending_callback, context, return_value); + unlock_and_exit2: (void)acpi_ut_release_mutex(ACPI_MTX_NAMESPACE); unlock_and_exit: -- 1.7.10 -- 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