From: Andrew Morton The code sciblles overa local pointer whereas it appears to be trying to write to the memory at which that pointer points. Addresses http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11397 Nobody we know can test this change. Reported-by: Zvonimir Rakamaric Cc: Jesse Barnes Cc: David Woodhouse Cc: Jiri Slaby Cc: Alan Cox Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton --- drivers/char/applicom.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff -puN drivers/char/applicom.c~applicomc-fix-apparently-broken-code-in-do_ac_read drivers/char/applicom.c --- a/drivers/char/applicom.c~applicomc-fix-apparently-broken-code-in-do_ac_read +++ a/drivers/char/applicom.c @@ -478,7 +478,7 @@ static int do_ac_read(int IndexCard, cha struct st_ram_io *st_loc, struct mailbox *mailbox) { void __iomem *from = apbs[IndexCard].RamIO + RAM_TO_PC; - unsigned char *to = (unsigned char *)&mailbox; + unsigned char *to = (unsigned char *)mailbox; #ifdef DEBUG int c; #endif _