From: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>
To: Alexander Stein <alexander.stein@systec-electronic.com>
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>,
Tomoya MORINAGA <tomoya-linux@dsn.okisemi.com>,
Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
stable@kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [stable] [PATCH v2] pch_phub: Don't oops if dmi_get_system_info returns NULL
Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2011 07:34:59 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20110616143459.GA28928@kroah.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1308207924-14181-1-git-send-email-alexander.stein@systec-electronic.com>
On Thu, Jun 16, 2011 at 09:05:24AM +0200, Alexander Stein wrote:
> If dmi_get_system_info() returns NULL, pch_phub_probe() will
> dereferencea a zero pointer.
>
> This oops was observed on an Atom based board which has no BIOS, but
> a bootloder which doesn't privde DMI data.
>
> Signed-off-by: Alexander Stein <alexander.stein@systec-electronic.com>
> ---
> Changes in v2:
> * Adjust summary
> * Commit message is more verbose
>
> drivers/misc/pch_phub.c | 5 ++++-
> 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
<formletter>
This is not the correct way to submit patches for inclusion in the
stable kernel tree. Please read Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt
for how to do this properly.
</formletter>
prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-06-16 14:49 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-06-01 6:44 [PATCH] pch_phub: Don't panic if dmi_get_system_info returns NULL Alexander Stein
2011-06-16 7:05 ` [PATCH v2] pch_phub: Don't oops " Alexander Stein
2011-06-16 14:34 ` Greg KH [this message]
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