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-rw-r--r--drivers/platform/x86/dell-wmi-sysman/sysman.c6
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/dell-wmi-sysman/sysman.c b/drivers/platform/x86/dell-wmi-sysman/sysman.c
index dc6dd531c996..cb81010ba1a2 100644
--- a/drivers/platform/x86/dell-wmi-sysman/sysman.c
+++ b/drivers/platform/x86/dell-wmi-sysman/sysman.c
@@ -419,13 +419,17 @@ static int init_bios_attributes(int attr_type, const char *guid)
return retval;
/* need to use specific instance_id and guid combination to get right data */
obj = get_wmiobj_pointer(instance_id, guid);
- if (!obj)
+ if (!obj || obj->type != ACPI_TYPE_PACKAGE)
return -ENODEV;
elements = obj->package.elements;
mutex_lock(&wmi_priv.mutex);
while (elements) {
/* sanity checking */
+ if (elements[ATTR_NAME].type != ACPI_TYPE_STRING) {
+ pr_debug("incorrect element type\n");
+ goto nextobj;
+ }
if (strlen(elements[ATTR_NAME].string.pointer) == 0) {
pr_debug("empty attribute found\n");
goto nextobj;