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From:   "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@kernel.org>
Date:   Sat, 10 Sep 2022 18:10:47 +0200
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v1] drivers/acpi/processor_idle: check the return value of acpi_fetch_acpi_dev()
To:     Li Zhong <floridsleeves@gmail.com>
Cc:     Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
        ACPI Devel Maling List <linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org>,
        "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@kernel.org>,
        Len Brown <lenb@kernel.org>
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On Sun, Aug 28, 2022 at 10:54 PM Li Zhong <floridsleeves@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> The return value of acpi_fetch_acpi_dev() could be NULL, which will
> cause null pointer dereference if used in acpi_device_hid().
>
> Signed-off-by: Li Zhong <floridsleeves@gmail.com>
> ---
>  drivers/acpi/processor_idle.c | 2 ++
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/acpi/processor_idle.c b/drivers/acpi/processor_idle.c
> index 16a1663d02d4..519f8f741da3 100644
> --- a/drivers/acpi/processor_idle.c
> +++ b/drivers/acpi/processor_idle.c
> @@ -1117,6 +1117,8 @@ static int acpi_processor_get_lpi_info(struct acpi_processor *pr)
>         status = acpi_get_parent(handle, &pr_ahandle);
>         while (ACPI_SUCCESS(status)) {
>                 d = acpi_fetch_acpi_dev(pr_ahandle);
> +               if (!d)
> +                       break;
>                 handle = pr_ahandle;
>
>                 if (strcmp(acpi_device_hid(d), ACPI_PROCESSOR_CONTAINER_HID))
> --

Applied (with some edits in the subject and changelog) as 6.1 material, thanks!