[PATCH] acpi: Check if @id is NULL in acpi_table_parse()

From: Tang Chen
Date: Mon Jan 06 2014 - 03:41:34 EST


strncmp() does not check if the params are NULL. In acpi_table_parse(),
if @id is NULL, the kernel will panic.

Signed-off-by: Tang Chen <tangchen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Toshi Kani <toshi.kani@xxxxxx>
---
drivers/acpi/tables.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/acpi/tables.c b/drivers/acpi/tables.c
index d67a1fe..5a5263b 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/tables.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/tables.c
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ int __init acpi_table_parse(char *id, acpi_tbl_table_handler handler)
if (acpi_disabled)
return -ENODEV;

- if (!handler)
+ if (!id || !handler)
return -EINVAL;

if (strncmp(id, ACPI_SIG_MADT, 4) == 0)
--
1.7.11.7

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