Explicitly check the status rather then relying on output.pointer staying NULL on an error. Reported-by: Maximilian Luz <luzmaximilian@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Hans de Goede <hdegoede@xxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/platform/x86/msi-wmi.c | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/msi-wmi.c b/drivers/platform/x86/msi-wmi.c index 64ee7819c9d3..fd318cdfe313 100644 --- a/drivers/platform/x86/msi-wmi.c +++ b/drivers/platform/x86/msi-wmi.c @@ -96,6 +96,8 @@ static int msi_wmi_query_block(int instance, int *ret) struct acpi_buffer output = { ACPI_ALLOCATE_BUFFER, NULL }; status = wmi_query_block(MSIWMI_BIOS_GUID, instance, &output); + if (ACPI_FAILURE(status)) + return -EIO; obj = output.pointer; -- 2.29.2