4.9-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. ------------------ From: Joeseph Chang <joechang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> commit 6de65fcfdb51835789b245203d1bfc8d14cb1e06 upstream. msg_written_handler() may set ssif_info->multi_data to NULL when using ipmitool to write fru. Before setting ssif_info->multi_data to NULL, add new local pointer "data_to_send" and store correct i2c data pointer to it to fix NULL pointer kernel panic and incorrect ssif_info->multi_pos. Signed-off-by: Joeseph Chang <joechang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Corey Minyard <cminyard@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_ssif.c | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) --- a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_ssif.c +++ b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_ssif.c @@ -892,6 +892,7 @@ static void msg_written_handler(struct s * for details on the intricacies of this. */ int left; + unsigned char *data_to_send; ssif_inc_stat(ssif_info, sent_messages_parts); @@ -900,6 +901,7 @@ static void msg_written_handler(struct s left = 32; /* Length byte. */ ssif_info->multi_data[ssif_info->multi_pos] = left; + data_to_send = ssif_info->multi_data + ssif_info->multi_pos; ssif_info->multi_pos += left; if (left < 32) /* @@ -913,7 +915,7 @@ static void msg_written_handler(struct s rv = ssif_i2c_send(ssif_info, msg_written_handler, I2C_SMBUS_WRITE, SSIF_IPMI_MULTI_PART_REQUEST_MIDDLE, - ssif_info->multi_data + ssif_info->multi_pos, + data_to_send, I2C_SMBUS_BLOCK_DATA); if (rv < 0) { /* request failed, just return the error. */