The commit 19b07cb4a187 ("i2c: i801: Register optional lis3lv02d I2C device on Dell machines") introduced a new check in order to enumerate some slave devices on Dell machines. Though, it brings a regression on machines where DMI vendor is not set. BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000000 #PF: supervisor read access in kernel mode #PF: error_code(0x0000) - not-present page PGD 0 P4D 0 Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP PTI CPU: 8 PID: 1 Comm: swapper/0 Not tainted 5.2.0-rc4-next-20190613+ #317 RIP: 0010:strcmp+0xc/0x20 To fix this crash, check if vendor field is present before accessing to it. Fixes: 19b07cb4a187 ("i2c: i801: Register optional lis3lv02d I2C device on Dell machines") Cc: Pali Rohár <pali.rohar@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Jean Delvare <jdelvare@xxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-i801.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-i801.c b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-i801.c index 2d9f77ea02e4..694eb636b40b 100644 --- a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-i801.c +++ b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-i801.c @@ -1180,7 +1180,7 @@ static bool is_dell_system_with_lis3lv02d(void) const char *vendor; vendor = dmi_get_system_info(DMI_SYS_VENDOR); - if (strcmp(vendor, "Dell Inc.") != 0) + if (!vendor || strcmp(vendor, "Dell Inc.")) return false; /* -- 2.20.1