2.6.25-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let us know. ------------------ From: Hans Verkuil Already in Linus' tree: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=b25b791b13aaa336b56c4f9bd417ff126363f80b Fix a NULL pointer dereference that happened when calling i2c_new_probed_device on one of the addresses for which we use byte reads instead of quick write for detection purpose (that is: 0x30-0x37 and 0x50-0x5f). Signed-off-by: Hans Verkuil Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman --- drivers/i2c/i2c-core.c | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) --- a/drivers/i2c/i2c-core.c +++ b/drivers/i2c/i2c-core.c @@ -1173,9 +1173,11 @@ i2c_new_probed_device(struct i2c_adapter if ((addr_list[i] & ~0x07) == 0x30 || (addr_list[i] & ~0x0f) == 0x50 || !i2c_check_functionality(adap, I2C_FUNC_SMBUS_QUICK)) { + union i2c_smbus_data data; + if (i2c_smbus_xfer(adap, addr_list[i], 0, I2C_SMBUS_READ, 0, - I2C_SMBUS_BYTE, NULL) >= 0) + I2C_SMBUS_BYTE, &data) >= 0) break; } else { if (i2c_smbus_xfer(adap, addr_list[i], 0, -- -- 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/