linux-kernel - [PATCH 3/4] Driver didn't verify the pointers in which it got product information

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Date:	Sat, 19 Jun 2010 13:44:46 +0200
From:	Peter Feuerer <peter@...e.net>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	Peter Feuerer <peter@...e.net>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Borislav Petkov <petkovbb@...glemail.com>, lenb@...nel.org,
	Andreas Mohr <andi@...as.de>
Subject: [PATCH 3/4] Driver didn't verify the pointers in which it got
 product information

[PATCH 3/4] Driver didn't verify the pointers in which it got product information
 back from DMI; on QEMU one of the pointers came back null,
 which made the driver crash and subsequently caused a kernel panic.

From: Rahul Chaturvedi <rkc@...omium.org>
Signed-off-by: Rahul Chaturvedi <rkc@...omium.org>
Signed-off-by: Peter Feuerer <peter@...e.net>
Cc: Borislav Petkov <petkovbb@...il.com>
Cc: Andreas Mohr <andi@...as.de>
Cc: Len Brown <lenb@...nel.org>

---
 drivers/platform/x86/acerhdf.c |    4 ++++
 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/acerhdf.c b/drivers/platform/x86/acerhdf.c
index 9226838..6abd3f1 100644
--- a/drivers/platform/x86/acerhdf.c
+++ b/drivers/platform/x86/acerhdf.c
@@ -524,6 +524,10 @@ static int acerhdf_check_hardware(void)
 	version = dmi_get_system_info(DMI_BIOS_VERSION);
 	product = dmi_get_system_info(DMI_PRODUCT_NAME);
 
+	if (!vendor || !version || !product) {
+		pr_err("error getting hardware information\n");
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
 
 	pr_info("Acer Aspire One Fan driver, v.%s\n", DRV_VER);
 
-- 
1.7.1

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