The hp-bioscfg driver attempts to register kobjects with empty names when
the HP BIOS returns attributes with empty name strings. This causes
multiple kernel warnings:
kobject: (
00000000135fb5e6): attempted to be registered with empty name!
WARNING: CPU: 14 PID: 3336 at lib/kobject.c:219 kobject_add_internal+0x2eb/0x310
Add validation in hp_init_bios_buffer_attribute() to check if the
attribute name is empty after parsing it from the WMI buffer. If empty,
log a debug message and skip registration of that attribute, allowing the
module to continue processing other valid attributes.
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Fixes: a34fc329b189 ("platform/x86: hp-bioscfg: bioscfg")
Signed-off-by: Mario Limonciello <mario.limonciello@amd.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260115203725.828434-2-mario.limonciello@amd.com
Reviewed-by: Ilpo Järvinen <ilpo.jarvinen@linux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Ilpo Järvinen <ilpo.jarvinen@linux.intel.com>
#include <linux/fs.h>
#include <linux/module.h>
#include <linux/kernel.h>
+#include <linux/printk.h>
+#include <linux/string.h>
#include <linux/wmi.h>
#include "bioscfg.h"
#include "../../firmware_attributes_class.h"
if (ret < 0)
goto buff_attr_exit;
+ if (strlen(str) == 0) {
+ pr_debug("Ignoring attribute with empty name\n");
+ ret = 0;
+ goto buff_attr_exit;
+ }
+
if (attr_type == HPWMI_PASSWORD_TYPE ||
attr_type == HPWMI_SECURE_PLATFORM_TYPE)
temp_kset = bioscfg_drv.authentication_dir_kset;