[patch 08/20] ACPICA: Fixed possible corruption of global GPE list

From: Greg KH
Date: Tue Aug 21 2007 - 02:54:48 EST



-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let us know.

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From: Bob Moore <robert.moore@xxxxxxxxx>

ACPICA: Fixed possible corruption of global GPE list

Fixed a problem in acpi_ev_delete_gpe_xrupt where the global interrupt
list could be corrupted if the interrupt being removed was at
the head of the list. Reported by Linn Crosetto.

Signed-off-by: Bob Moore <robert.moore@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Len Brown <len.brown@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Chuck Ebbert <cebbert@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxx>

---
drivers/acpi/events/evgpeblk.c | 4 ++++
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

--- a/drivers/acpi/events/evgpeblk.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/events/evgpeblk.c
@@ -586,6 +586,10 @@ acpi_ev_delete_gpe_xrupt(struct acpi_gpe
flags = acpi_os_acquire_lock(acpi_gbl_gpe_lock);
if (gpe_xrupt->previous) {
gpe_xrupt->previous->next = gpe_xrupt->next;
+ } else {
+ /* No previous, update list head */
+
+ acpi_gbl_gpe_xrupt_list_head = gpe_xrupt->next;
}

if (gpe_xrupt->next) {

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