A missing string value is indicated by a string index of 0. In this case
print 'Not Specified' like the Linux dmidecode command does.

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schucha...@canonical.com>
---
 cmd/smbios.c | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/cmd/smbios.c b/cmd/smbios.c
index 62935ecd1a2..95bdff60268 100644
--- a/cmd/smbios.c
+++ b/cmd/smbios.c
@@ -25,6 +25,10 @@ static const char *smbios_get_string(void *table, int index)
 {
        const char *str = (char *)table +
                          ((struct smbios_header *)table)->length;
+       static const char fallback[] = "Not Specified";
+
+       if (!index)
+               return fallback;
 
        if (!*str)
                ++str;
@@ -41,7 +45,7 @@ static struct smbios_header *next_table(struct smbios_header 
*table)
        if (table->type == SMBIOS_END_OF_TABLE)
                return NULL;
 
-       str = smbios_get_string(table, 0);
+       str = smbios_get_string(table, -1);
        return (struct smbios_header *)(++str);
 }
 
-- 
2.43.0

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