commit: 656d2b3964a9d0f9864d472f8dfa2dd7dd42e6c0 From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <[email protected]> Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2012 09:20:09 -0800 Subject: USB: ftdi_sio: fix problem when the manufacture is a NULL string
On some misconfigured ftdi_sio devices, if the manufacturer string is NULL, the kernel will oops when the device is plugged in. This patch fixes the problem. Reported-by: Wojciech M Zabolotny <[email protected]> Tested-by: Wojciech M Zabolotny <[email protected]> Cc: stable <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <[email protected]> --- drivers/usb/serial/ftdi_sio.c | 3 ++- 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/usb/serial/ftdi_sio.c b/drivers/usb/serial/ftdi_sio.c index feafa85..9892626 100644 --- a/drivers/usb/serial/ftdi_sio.c +++ b/drivers/usb/serial/ftdi_sio.c @@ -1769,7 +1769,8 @@ static int ftdi_8u2232c_probe(struct usb_serial *serial) dbg("%s", __func__); - if (strcmp(udev->manufacturer, "CALAO Systems") == 0) + if ((udev->manufacturer) && + (strcmp(udev->manufacturer, "CALAO Systems") == 0)) return ftdi_jtag_probe(serial); return 0; -- 1.7.3.4 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe stable" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
