Bug 222331

Summary:	Kernel: potential NULL pointer dereference in drivers/misc/thinkpad_acpi.c (GENERIC-MAP-NOMATCH)
Product:	Gentoo Security	Reporter:	Gordon Malm (RETIRED) <gengor>
Component:	Kernel	Assignee:	Gentoo Security <security>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	normal	CC:	kernel
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
URL:	http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=90fe17f4df2f830601ffd422b11d1f7f9a9d0355
Whiteboard:	[linux <2.6.26]
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description Gordon Malm (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2008-05-16 01:42:49 UTC

http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/linux/kernel/906341
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=90fe17f4df2f830601ffd422b11d1f7f9a9d0355

Potential NULL pointer dereference in get_thinkpad_model_data() in drivers/misc/thinkpad_acpi.c

2.6.23->2.6.25.3 are definitely affected, did not check kernels earlier than that.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce: