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-rw-r--r--drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_dmi.c4
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_dmi.c b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_dmi.c
index 736ebbbc2fcd..8e0c78696c70 100644
--- a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_dmi.c
+++ b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_dmi.c
@@ -218,6 +218,10 @@ static void __init dmi_decode_ipmi(const struct dmi_header *dm)
slave_addr = data[DMI_IPMI_SLAVEADDR];
memcpy(&base_addr, data + DMI_IPMI_ADDR, sizeof(unsigned long));
+ if (!base_addr) {
+ pr_err("Base address is zero, assuming no IPMI interface\n");
+ return;
+ }
if (len >= DMI_IPMI_VER2_LENGTH) {
if (type == IPMI_DMI_TYPE_SSIF) {
offset = 0;