[PATCH] ACPI: processor: idle: Fix NULL pointer dereference in hotplug path
From: Huisong Li
Date: Fri Apr 03 2026 - 05:05:33 EST
A cpuidle_device might fail to register during boot, but the system can
continue to run. In such cases, acpi_processor_hotplug() can trigger
a NULL pointer dereference when accessing the per-cpu acpi_cpuidle_device.
So add NULL pointer check for the per-cpu acpi_cpuidle_device in
acpi_processor_hotplug.
Signed-off-by: Huisong Li <lihuisong@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/acpi/processor_idle.c | 5 ++---
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/processor_idle.c b/drivers/acpi/processor_idle.c
index 479995a4c48a..2adaee0f32ed 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/processor_idle.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/processor_idle.c
@@ -1267,16 +1267,15 @@ static int acpi_processor_get_power_info(struct acpi_processor *pr)
int acpi_processor_hotplug(struct acpi_processor *pr)
{
+ struct cpuidle_device *dev = per_cpu(acpi_cpuidle_device, pr->id);
int ret = 0;
- struct cpuidle_device *dev;
if (disabled_by_idle_boot_param())
return 0;
- if (!pr->flags.power_setup_done)
+ if (!pr->flags.power_setup_done || !dev)
return -ENODEV;
- dev = per_cpu(acpi_cpuidle_device, pr->id);
cpuidle_pause_and_lock();
cpuidle_disable_device(dev);
ret = acpi_processor_get_power_info(pr);
--
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