From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Fix a null pointer deference by acpi_driver_data() if device is null. We should only set cdev and check this is OK after we are sure device is not null. Smatch analysis: drivers/platform/x86/intel_menlow.c:207 intel_menlow_memory_remove() warn: variable dereferenced before check 'device' (see line 205) Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/platform/x86/intel_menlow.c | 8 ++++++-- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/intel_menlow.c b/drivers/platform/x86/intel_menlow.c index d6cfc15..42691c6 100644 --- a/drivers/platform/x86/intel_menlow.c +++ b/drivers/platform/x86/intel_menlow.c @@ -202,9 +202,13 @@ static int intel_menlow_memory_add(struct acpi_device *device) static int intel_menlow_memory_remove(struct acpi_device *device) { - struct thermal_cooling_device *cdev = acpi_driver_data(device); + struct thermal_cooling_device *cdev; + + if (!device) + return -EINVAL; - if (!device || !cdev) + cdev = acpi_driver_data(device); + if (!cdev) return -EINVAL; sysfs_remove_link(&device->dev.kobj, "thermal_cooling"); -- 1.8.1.2 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe platform-driver-x86" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html