linux-kernel - [PATCH v1 05/26] ACPICA: Fix NULL pointer dereference in acpi_ev_address_space

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Message-ID: <3030574.e9J7NaK4W3@rafael.j.wysocki>
Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2026 13:20:17 +0100
From: "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>
To: Linux ACPI <linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org>
Cc: LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
 "Dumbre, Saket" <saket.dumbre@...el.com>
Subject:
 [PATCH v1 05/26] ACPICA: Fix NULL pointer dereference in
 acpi_ev_address_space_dispatch()

From: Alexey Simakov <bigalex934@...il.com>

Cover a missed execution path with a new check.

Fixes: 0acf24ad7e10 ("ACPICA: Add support for PCC Opregion special context data")
Link: https://github.com/acpica/acpica/commit/f421dd9dd897
Signed-off-by: Alexey Simakov <bigalex934@...il.com>
Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@...el.com>
---
 drivers/acpi/acpica/evregion.c | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/acpi/acpica/evregion.c b/drivers/acpi/acpica/evregion.c
index fa3475da7ea9..b6198f73c81d 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/acpica/evregion.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/acpica/evregion.c
@@ -163,7 +163,9 @@ acpi_ev_address_space_dispatch(union acpi_operand_object *region_obj,
 			return_ACPI_STATUS(AE_NOT_EXIST);
 		}
 
-		if (region_obj->region.space_id == ACPI_ADR_SPACE_PLATFORM_COMM) {
+		if (field_obj
+		    && region_obj->region.space_id ==
+		    ACPI_ADR_SPACE_PLATFORM_COMM) {
 			struct acpi_pcc_info *ctx =
 			    handler_desc->address_space.context;
 
-- 
2.51.0