[Maverick SRU] intel_ips: potential null dereference
AceLan Kao
acelan.kao at canonical.com
Wed Oct 13 09:03:36 UTC 2010
SRU Justification:
Impact: There is a potential NULL pointer dereference bug in the intel_ips
module, once it happens, system will encounter an OOPS and prevent system
from entering X window.
Fix: Prevent the NULL pointer to be used, if no CPUID matches.
Testcase: With the patch, the system can boot into X window without any error
msg, or user will get a black and blank screen.
The bug reporter and I can confirm this patch fixed the problem.
BugLink: https://bugs.launchpad.net/linux/+bug/648631
The following changes since commit 37ee3e07049bb895e3a6dd852537e6eecf08f9e9:
Linux 2.6.35.7 (2010-10-11 13:43:46 -0700)
are available in the git repository at:
git://kernel.ubuntu.com/acelan/ubuntu-maverick.git lp648631
Dan Carpenter (1):
intel_ips: potential null dereference
drivers/platform/x86/intel_ips.c | 4 +++-
1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
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