In the unlikely case that pci_find_bus() should return NULL viacam_serial_is_enabled() is going to dereference a NULL pointer and blow up. Better safe than sorry, so be defensive and check the pointer. Signed-off-by: Jesper Juhl <jj@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/media/video/via-camera.c | 2 ++ 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) Compile tested only. I don't have the hardware. diff --git a/drivers/media/video/via-camera.c b/drivers/media/video/via-camera.c index 85d3048..bb7f17f 100644 --- a/drivers/media/video/via-camera.c +++ b/drivers/media/video/via-camera.c @@ -1332,6 +1332,8 @@ static __devinit bool viacam_serial_is_enabled(void) struct pci_bus *pbus = pci_find_bus(0, 0); u8 cbyte; + if (!pbus) + return false; pci_bus_read_config_byte(pbus, VIACAM_SERIAL_DEVFN, VIACAM_SERIAL_CREG, &cbyte); if ((cbyte & VIACAM_SERIAL_BIT) == 0) -- 1.7.6 -- Jesper Juhl <jj@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> http://www.chaosbits.net/ Don't top-post http://www.catb.org/jargon/html/T/top-post.html Plain text mails only, please. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-media" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html