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fwts: method test on _DOD methods that return a NULL object can cause segfaults

Bug #816824 reported by Colin Ian King
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fwts (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Medium
Colin Ian King

Bug Description

The fwts method test when executing AML code on a broken _DOD method attempts to dereference a NULL ACPI object which can segfault. Fix is to only sanity check _DOD return objects when non-null.

Related branches

lp:ubuntu/oneiric/fwts
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Colin Ian King (colin-king) wrote :

Fix committed on commit 3b0d8583c9aae70393c52a60e1602d2b606f4494

Changed in fwts (Ubuntu):
status: New → In Progress
importance: Undecided → Medium
assignee: nobody → Colin King (colin-king)
status: In Progress → Fix Committed
Revision history for this message
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package fwts - 0.23.13

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fwts (0.23.13) oneiric; urgency=low

  * lib + method test: better handling of object eval errors. (LP: #816877)
  * apci: method: detect zero sized access bit width (LP: #816877)
  * acpi: method: check for NULL _DDC and _UID object returns.
  * acpi: method: only derefernce non-null _DOD objects (LP: #816824)
  * lib: acpica: make hash unsigned int (LP: #816819)
  * acpi: syntaxcheck: don't erroneously put syntaxcheck_table.
  * cmosdump: print drive info with %hhu and pluralise.
  * mpcheck: print uint8_t values with %hhu
  * mtrr: print entry reg as uint8_t.
  * bios32: print bios32 values in hex.
  * fadt: ensure we print out preferred_pm_profile as 8 bit int.
  * acpitables: ensure we are printing out correct int values.
  * acpi: wmi: fix typo in test identifier.

fwts (0.23.12) oneiric; urgency=low

  * lib + tests: add unique test label that identifies each failure test.
  * lib + tests: replace fwts_failed_low with fwts_failed.
  * lib + tests: replace fwts_failed_medium with fwts_failed.
  * lib + tests: replace fwts_failed_high with fwts_failed.
  * lib + tests: replace fwts_failed_critical with fwts_failed.
  * lib: remove fwts_failed_level macro
  * lib + tests: fwts_failed now includes log level.
  * lib: fix ARM FTBFS (LP: #814745)
  * apcica lib: fake PCI config reads (LP: #813376)
 -- Colin King <email address hidden> Wed, 27 Jul 2011 14:17:23 +0100

Changed in fwts (Ubuntu):
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
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