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Subject[PATCH] x86: hpet: Fix to avoid potential NULL pointer dereference
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hpet_virt_address may be NULL when ioremap_nocache fails. The patch
checks for such a scenario and avoids NULL pointer dereference.

Signed-off-by: Aditya Pakki <pakki001@umn.edu>
---
arch/x86/kernel/hpet.c | 2 ++
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/hpet.c b/arch/x86/kernel/hpet.c
index dfd3aca82c61..fb32925a2e62 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/hpet.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/hpet.c
@@ -905,6 +905,8 @@ int __init hpet_enable(void)
return 0;

hpet_set_mapping();
+ if (!hpet_virt_address)
+ return 0;

/*
* Read the period and check for a sane value:
--
2.17.1
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