[PATCH] ibmvnic: fix: NULL pointer dereference.

YANG LI abaci-bugfix at linux.alibaba.com
Wed Dec 30 18:23:14 AEDT 2020


The error is due to dereference a null pointer in function
reset_one_sub_crq_queue():

if (!scrq) {
    netdev_dbg(adapter->netdev,
               "Invalid scrq reset. irq (%d) or msgs(%p).\n",
		scrq->irq, scrq->msgs);
		return -EINVAL;
}

If the expression is true, scrq must be a null pointer and cannot
dereference.

Signed-off-by: YANG LI <abaci-bugfix at linux.alibaba.com>
Reported-by: Abaci <abaci at linux.alibaba.com>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c | 4 +---
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c
index f302504..d7472be 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c
@@ -2981,9 +2981,7 @@ static int reset_one_sub_crq_queue(struct ibmvnic_adapter *adapter,
 	int rc;
 
 	if (!scrq) {
-		netdev_dbg(adapter->netdev,
-			   "Invalid scrq reset. irq (%d) or msgs (%p).\n",
-			   scrq->irq, scrq->msgs);
+		netdev_dbg(adapter->netdev, "Invalid scrq reset.\n");
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
-- 
1.8.3.1



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