linux-kernel - [patch] PCI: acpiphp_ibm: potential uninitialized variable bug

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Date:	Fri, 15 Apr 2016 17:51:06 +0300
From:	Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
To:	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...ysocki.net>
Cc:	Len Brown <lenb@...nel.org>, Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@...gle.com>,
	linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org, linux-pci@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [patch] PCI: acpiphp_ibm: potential uninitialized variable bug

If ibm_get_table_from_acpi() fails then "table" isn't initialized.  I
fixed this by adding a check for failure.

Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>

diff --git a/drivers/pci/hotplug/acpiphp_ibm.c b/drivers/pci/hotplug/acpiphp_ibm.c
index 2f6d3a1..f6221d7 100644
--- a/drivers/pci/hotplug/acpiphp_ibm.c
+++ b/drivers/pci/hotplug/acpiphp_ibm.c
@@ -138,6 +138,8 @@ static union apci_descriptor *ibm_slot_from_id(int id)
 	char *table;
 
 	size = ibm_get_table_from_acpi(&table);
+	if (size < 0)
+		return NULL;
 	des = (union apci_descriptor *)table;
 	if (memcmp(des->header.sig, "aPCI", 4) != 0)
 		goto ibm_slot_done;