In the original code, if "device_enum" was NULL then it would dereference it when it printed the error message. Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <error27@xxxxxxxxx> diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/sony-laptop.c b/drivers/platform/x86/sony-laptop.c index 0db9049..c24aa4a 100644 --- a/drivers/platform/x86/sony-laptop.c +++ b/drivers/platform/x86/sony-laptop.c @@ -1311,7 +1311,11 @@ static void sony_nc_rfkill_setup(struct acpi_device *device) } device_enum = (union acpi_object *) buffer.pointer; - if (!device_enum || device_enum->type != ACPI_TYPE_BUFFER) { + if (!device_enum) { + pr_err(DRV_PFX "Invalid SN06 return object."); + goto out_no_enum; + } + if (device_enum->type != ACPI_TYPE_BUFFER) { pr_err(DRV_PFX "Invalid SN06 return object 0x%.2x\n", device_enum->type); goto out_no_enum; -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kernel-janitors" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html