[SRU] [Bionic] [PATCH 0/1] Fix TBT ICM firmware issue

Kai-Heng Feng kai.heng.feng at canonical.com
Thu May 3 05:13:25 UTC 2018


BugLink: https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1768292

[Impact]
When TBT ICM firmware is not running properly, it may crash the kernel.

[Fix]
Protect against cases when ICM is not set.

[Test]
User confirmed the additional patch works.

[Regression Potential]
Low. It adds a simple logic to avoid NULL dereference.


Mika Westerberg (1):
  thunderbolt: Prevent crash when ICM firmware is not running

 drivers/thunderbolt/icm.c | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

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2.17.0





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