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From: Greg KH <gregkh@suse.de>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, stable@kernel.org
Cc: Justin Forbes <jmforbes@linuxtx.org>,
	Zwane Mwaikambo <zwane@arm.linux.org.uk>,
	"Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu>,
	Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net>,
	Dave Jones <davej@redhat.com>,
	Chuck Wolber <chuckw@quantumlinux.com>,
	Chris Wedgwood <reviews@ml.cw.f00f.org>,
	Michael Krufky <mkrufky@linuxtv.org>,
	Chuck Ebbert <cebbert@redhat.com>,
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	Rodrigo Rubira Branco <rbranco@la.checkpoint.com>,
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	torvalds@linux-foundation.org, akpm@linux-foundation.org,
	alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk, Arjan van de Ven <arjan@infradead.org>,
	Julia Jomantaite <julia.jomantaite@gmail.com>,
	Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>, Zhang Rui <rui.zhang@intel.com>,
	Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
Subject: [patch 19/23] ACPI: video: fix brightness allocation
Date: Fri, 7 Nov 2008 15:16:02 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20081107231602.GT1108@kroah.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20081107231457.GA1108@kroah.com>

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2.6.26-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let us know.

------------------

From: Julia Jomantaite <julia.jomantaite@gmail.com>

upstream commit 469778c1740fcf3113498b6fdf4559bdec25c58f

Thanks to Arjan for spotting this
http://www.kerneloops.org/search.php?search=acpi_video_switch_brightness
and suggesting it for .stable


Fix use of uninitialized device->brightness.

Signed-off-by: Julia Jomantaite <julia.jomantaite@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>
Acked-by: Zhang Rui <rui.zhang@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>

---
 drivers/acpi/video.c |  123 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------------------
 1 file changed, 73 insertions(+), 50 deletions(-)

--- a/drivers/acpi/video.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/video.c
@@ -631,6 +631,76 @@ acpi_video_bus_DOS(struct acpi_video_bus
  *  	device	: video output device (LCD, CRT, ..)
  *
  *  Return Value:
+ *	Maximum brightness level
+ *
+ *  Allocate and initialize device->brightness.
+ */
+
+static int
+acpi_video_init_brightness(struct acpi_video_device *device)
+{
+	union acpi_object *obj = NULL;
+	int i, max_level = 0, count = 0;
+	union acpi_object *o;
+	struct acpi_video_device_brightness *br = NULL;
+
+	if (!ACPI_SUCCESS(acpi_video_device_lcd_query_levels(device, &obj))) {
+		ACPI_DEBUG_PRINT((ACPI_DB_INFO, "Could not query available "
+						"LCD brightness level\n"));
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	if (obj->package.count < 2)
+		goto out;
+
+	br = kzalloc(sizeof(*br), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!br) {
+		printk(KERN_ERR "can't allocate memory\n");
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	br->levels = kmalloc(obj->package.count * sizeof *(br->levels),
+				GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!br->levels)
+		goto out_free;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < obj->package.count; i++) {
+		o = (union acpi_object *)&obj->package.elements[i];
+		if (o->type != ACPI_TYPE_INTEGER) {
+			printk(KERN_ERR PREFIX "Invalid data\n");
+			continue;
+		}
+		br->levels[count] = (u32) o->integer.value;
+
+		if (br->levels[count] > max_level)
+			max_level = br->levels[count];
+		count++;
+	}
+
+	if (count < 2)
+		goto out_free_levels;
+
+	br->count = count;
+	device->brightness = br;
+	ACPI_DEBUG_PRINT((ACPI_DB_INFO, "found %d brightness levels\n", count));
+	kfree(obj);
+	return max_level;
+
+out_free_levels:
+	kfree(br->levels);
+out_free:
+	kfree(br);
+out:
+	device->brightness = NULL;
+	kfree(obj);
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/*
+ *  Arg:
+ *	device	: video output device (LCD, CRT, ..)
+ *
+ *  Return Value:
  *  	None
  *
  *  Find out all required AML methods defined under the output
@@ -640,10 +710,7 @@ acpi_video_bus_DOS(struct acpi_video_bus
 static void acpi_video_device_find_cap(struct acpi_video_device *device)
 {
 	acpi_handle h_dummy1;
-	int i;
 	u32 max_level = 0;
-	union acpi_object *obj = NULL;
-	struct acpi_video_device_brightness *br = NULL;
 
 
 	memset(&device->cap, 0, sizeof(device->cap));
@@ -672,53 +739,7 @@ static void acpi_video_device_find_cap(s
 		device->cap._DSS = 1;
 	}
 
-	if (ACPI_SUCCESS(acpi_video_device_lcd_query_levels(device, &obj))) {
-
-		if (obj->package.count >= 2) {
-			int count = 0;
-			union acpi_object *o;
-
-			br = kzalloc(sizeof(*br), GFP_KERNEL);
-			if (!br) {
-				printk(KERN_ERR "can't allocate memory\n");
-			} else {
-				br->levels = kmalloc(obj->package.count *
-						     sizeof *(br->levels), GFP_KERNEL);
-				if (!br->levels)
-					goto out;
-
-				for (i = 0; i < obj->package.count; i++) {
-					o = (union acpi_object *)&obj->package.
-					    elements[i];
-					if (o->type != ACPI_TYPE_INTEGER) {
-						printk(KERN_ERR PREFIX "Invalid data\n");
-						continue;
-					}
-					br->levels[count] = (u32) o->integer.value;
-
-					if (br->levels[count] > max_level)
-						max_level = br->levels[count];
-					count++;
-				}
-			      out:
-				if (count < 2) {
-					kfree(br->levels);
-					kfree(br);
-				} else {
-					br->count = count;
-					device->brightness = br;
-					ACPI_DEBUG_PRINT((ACPI_DB_INFO,
-							  "found %d brightness levels\n",
-							  count));
-				}
-			}
-		}
-
-	} else {
-		ACPI_DEBUG_PRINT((ACPI_DB_INFO, "Could not query available LCD brightness level\n"));
-	}
-
-	kfree(obj);
+	max_level = acpi_video_init_brightness(device);
 
 	if (device->cap._BCL && device->cap._BCM && max_level > 0) {
 		int result;
@@ -1705,6 +1726,8 @@ static void
 acpi_video_switch_brightness(struct acpi_video_device *device, int event)
 {
 	unsigned long level_current, level_next;
+	if (!device->brightness)
+		return;
 	acpi_video_device_lcd_get_level_current(device, &level_current);
 	level_next = acpi_video_get_next_level(device, level_current, event);
 	acpi_video_device_lcd_set_level(device, level_next);

-- 

  parent reply	other threads:[~2008-11-07 23:29 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 31+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <20081107224818.593212310@mini.kroah.org>
2008-11-07 23:14 ` [patch 00/23] 2.6.26.8-stable review Greg KH
2008-11-07 23:15   ` [patch 01/23] gpiolib: fix oops in gpio_get_value_cansleep() Greg KH
2008-11-07 23:15   ` [patch 02/23] ext: Avoid printk floods in the face of directory corruption (CVE-2008-3528) Greg KH
2008-11-10  2:42     ` Eugene Teo
2008-11-10 18:06       ` Greg KH
2008-11-10 18:14         ` Eric Sandeen
2008-11-07 23:15   ` [patch 03/23] edac cell: fix incorrect edac_mode Greg KH
2008-11-07 23:15   ` [patch 04/23] SCSI: qla2xxx: Skip FDMI registration on ISP21xx/22xx parts Greg KH
2008-11-07 23:15   ` [patch 05/23] net: Fix recursive descent in __scm_destroy() Greg KH
2008-11-07 23:15   ` [patch 06/23] libertas: fix buffer overrun Greg KH
2008-11-07 23:15   ` [patch 07/23] file caps: always start with clear bprm->caps_* Greg KH
2008-11-07 23:15   ` [patch 08/23] ALSA: use correct lock in snd_ctl_dev_disconnect() Greg KH
2008-11-07 23:15   ` [patch 09/23] ACPI: Always report a sync event after a lid state change Greg KH
2008-11-07 23:15   ` [patch 10/23] V4L: pvrusb2: Keep MPEG PTSs from drifting away Greg KH
2008-11-07 23:15   ` [patch 11/23] DVB: s5h1411: bugfix: Setting serial or parallel mode could destroy bits Greg KH
2008-11-07 23:15   ` [patch 12/23] DVB: s5h1411: Perform s5h1411 soft reset after tuning Greg KH
2008-11-07 23:15   ` [patch 13/23] DVB: s5h1411: Power down s5h1411 when not in use Greg KH
2008-11-07 23:15   ` [patch 14/23] scx200_i2c: Add missing class parameter Greg KH
2008-11-07 23:15   ` [patch 15/23] net: Fix netdev_run_todo dead-lock Greg KH
2008-11-07 23:15   ` [patch 16/23] tcpv6: fix option space offsets with md5 Greg KH
2008-11-07 23:15   ` [patch 17/23] math-emu: Fix signalling of underflow and inexact while packing result Greg KH
2008-11-07 23:16   ` [patch 18/23] sparc64: Fix race in arch/sparc64/kernel/trampoline.S Greg KH
2008-11-07 23:16   ` Greg KH [this message]
2008-11-07 23:16   ` [patch 20/23] ACPI: dock: avoid check _STA method Greg KH
2008-11-11 12:16     ` Holger Macht
2008-11-13 21:23       ` [stable] " Greg KH
2008-11-16 23:36         ` Holger Macht
2008-11-17  4:59           ` Greg KH
2008-11-07 23:16   ` [patch 21/23] netfilter: xt_iprange: fix range inversion match Greg KH
2008-11-07 23:16   ` [patch 22/23] netfilter: snmp nat leaks memory in case of failure Greg KH
2008-11-07 23:16   ` [patch 23/23] netfilter: restore lost ifdef guarding defrag exception Greg KH

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