From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1761033Ab3K0CKN (ORCPT ); Tue, 26 Nov 2013 21:10:13 -0500 Received: from mail.linuxfoundation.org ([140.211.169.12]:38745 "EHLO mail.linuxfoundation.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754452Ab3K0A4a (ORCPT ); Tue, 26 Nov 2013 19:56:30 -0500 From: Greg Kroah-Hartman To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman , stable@vger.kernel.org, Bob Moore , Lv Zheng , "Rafael J. Wysocki" Subject: [PATCH 3.4 07/39] ACPICA: Return error if DerefOf resolves to a null package element. Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2013 16:56:31 -0800 Message-Id: <20131127005619.562848416@linuxfoundation.org> X-Mailer: git-send-email 1.8.5.rc3 In-Reply-To: <20131127005619.011763867@linuxfoundation.org> References: <20131127005619.011763867@linuxfoundation.org> User-Agent: quilt/0.60-1 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org 3.4-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. ------------------ From: Bob Moore commit a50abf4842dd7d603a2ad6dcc7f1467fd2a66f03 upstream. Disallow the dereference of a reference (via index) to an uninitialized package element. Provides compatibility with other ACPI implementations. ACPICA BZ 1003. References: https://bugs.acpica.org/show_bug.cgi?id=431 Signed-off-by: Bob Moore Signed-off-by: Lv Zheng Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman --- drivers/acpi/acpica/exoparg1.c | 13 ++++++++++--- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) --- a/drivers/acpi/acpica/exoparg1.c +++ b/drivers/acpi/acpica/exoparg1.c @@ -970,10 +970,17 @@ acpi_status acpi_ex_opcode_1A_0T_1R(stru */ return_desc = *(operand[0]->reference.where); - if (return_desc) { - acpi_ut_add_reference - (return_desc); + if (!return_desc) { + /* + * Element is NULL, do not allow the dereference. + * This provides compatibility with other ACPI + * implementations. + */ + return_ACPI_STATUS + (AE_AML_UNINITIALIZED_ELEMENT); } + + acpi_ut_add_reference(return_desc); break; default: