If
status = acpi_get_name(handle, ACPI_FULL_PATHNAME, &buffer);
fails for whatever reason and does not return AE_OK
if (strstr(buffer.pointer, context) != NULL) {
does dereference a null pointer.
-> Check the return value and return the status to the caller
Found by coverity
CID: 728462 Explicit null dereferenced
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Peter Huewe <peterhuewe@xxxxxx>
---
drivers/char/tpm/tpm_ppi.c | 3 +++
1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm_ppi.c b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm_ppi.c
index 8b2e05a..2242917 100644
--- a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm_ppi.c
+++ b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm_ppi.c
@@ -30,6 +30,9 @@ static acpi_status ppi_callback(acpi_handle handle, u32 level, void *context,
acpi_status status;
struct acpi_buffer buffer = { ACPI_ALLOCATE_BUFFER, NULL };
status = acpi_get_name(handle, ACPI_FULL_PATHNAME, &buffer);
+ if (ACPI_FAILURE(status))
+ return status;
+
if (strstr(buffer.pointer, context) != NULL) {
*return_value = handle;
kfree(buffer.pointer);
--
1.7.8.6
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