/* Put the new state at the head of the walk list */
if (Thread)
{
AcpiDsPushWalkState (WalkState, Thread);
}
Is there any chance that Thread could be zero?
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Devel [mailto:devel-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Moore, Robert
> Sent: Tuesday, July 26, 2016 7:40 AM
> To: Vegard Nossum <vegard.nossum@xxxxxxxxxx>; Zheng, Lv
> <lv.zheng@xxxxxxxxx>; Wysocki, Rafael J <rafael.j.wysocki@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: linux-acpi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx;
> stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; devel@xxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [Devel] [PATCH] ACPICA: cleanup method properly on error
>
> We'll look at this.
> Thanks.
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Vegard Nossum [mailto:vegard.nossum@xxxxxxxxxx]
> > Sent: Friday, July 22, 2016 8:35 AM
> > To: Moore, Robert <robert.moore@xxxxxxxxx>; Zheng, Lv
> > <lv.zheng@xxxxxxxxx>; Wysocki, Rafael J <rafael.j.wysocki@xxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: linux-acpi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; devel@xxxxxxxxxx; linux-
> > kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; Vegard Nossum <vegard.nossum@xxxxxxxxxx>;
> > stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: [PATCH] ACPICA: cleanup method properly on error
> >
> > If the call to acpi_ds_init_aml_walk() fails, then we have to undo the
> > walk state push done by acpi_ds_create_walk_state(). Otherwise, the
> > new walk state (which has just been freed) will remain on the thread's
> > walk_state_list and be dereferenced in acpi_ps_parse_aml() when we try
> > to get the new state.
> >
> > You can observe this when reading e.g.
> >
> > /sys/devices/LNXSYSTM:00/LNXSYBUS:00/PNP0C0F:01/status
> >
> > Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Signed-off-by: Vegard Nossum <vegard.nossum@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > drivers/acpi/acpica/dsmethod.c | 2 ++
> > 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/acpi/acpica/dsmethod.c
> > b/drivers/acpi/acpica/dsmethod.c index 47c7b52..44b50a6 100644
> > --- a/drivers/acpi/acpica/dsmethod.c
> > +++ b/drivers/acpi/acpica/dsmethod.c
> > @@ -596,6 +596,8 @@ cleanup:
> > /* On error, we must terminate the method properly */
> >
> > acpi_ds_terminate_control_method(obj_desc, next_walk_state);
> > + if (thread)
> > + acpi_ds_pop_walk_state(thread);
> > acpi_ds_delete_walk_state(next_walk_state);
> >
> > return_ACPI_STATUS(status);
> > --
> > 1.9.1
>
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