Fix potential NULL pointer dereference if kstrdup failed Signed-off-by: Cyrill Gorcunov --- Index: linux-2.6.git/drivers/misc/thinkpad_acpi.c =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.git.orig/drivers/misc/thinkpad_acpi.c 2008-04-16 20:35:34.000000000 +0400 +++ linux-2.6.git/drivers/misc/thinkpad_acpi.c 2008-04-16 20:36:38.000000000 +0400 @@ -5826,7 +5826,7 @@ static void __init get_thinkpad_model_da tp->model_str = kstrdup(dmi_get_system_info(DMI_PRODUCT_VERSION), GFP_KERNEL); - if (strnicmp(tp->model_str, "ThinkPad", 8) != 0) { + if (tp->model_str && strnicmp(tp->model_str, "ThinkPad", 8) != 0) { kfree(tp->model_str); tp->model_str = NULL; } -- -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/