netdev - [PATCH] ServerEngines, benet: Avoid potential null deref in be_cmd_get_seeprom

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Date:	Thu, 3 Feb 2011 22:27:09 +0100 (CET)
From:	Jesper Juhl <jj@...osbits.net>
To:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
cc:	linux-drivers@...verengines.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Ajit Khaparde <ajitk@...verengines.com>,
	Sarveshwar Bandi <sarveshwarb@...verengines.com>,
	Subbu Seetharaman <subbus@...verengines.com>,
	Sathya Perla <sathyap@...verengines.com>
Subject: [PATCH] ServerEngines, benet: Avoid potential null deref in
 be_cmd_get_seeprom_data()

wrb_from_mccq() may return null, so we may crash on a null deref in 
be_cmd_get_seeprom_data().
This avoids that potential crash.

Signed-off-by: Jesper Juhl <jj@...osbits.net>
---
 be_cmds.c |    2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/net/benet/be_cmds.c b/drivers/net/benet/be_cmds.c
index 0c7811f..ec4a21d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/benet/be_cmds.c
+++ b/drivers/net/benet/be_cmds.c
@@ -1786,6 +1786,8 @@ int be_cmd_get_seeprom_data(struct be_adapter *adapter,
 	spin_lock_bh(&adapter->mcc_lock);
 
 	wrb = wrb_from_mccq(adapter);
+	if (!wrb)
+		return -EBUSY;
 	req = nonemb_cmd->va;
 	sge = nonembedded_sgl(wrb);
 

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