netdev - Re: [PATCH][next] mqprio: fix potential null pointer dereference on opt

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Date:   Thu, 19 Oct 2017 13:15:50 +0100 (WEST)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     colin.king@...onical.com
Cc:     jhs@...atatu.com, xiyou.wangcong@...il.com, jiri@...nulli.us,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH][next] mqprio: fix potential null pointer dereference
 on opt

From: Colin King <colin.king@...onical.com>
Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2017 16:01:30 +0100

> From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>
> 
> The pointer opt has a null check however before for this check opt is
> dereferenced when len is initialized, hence we potentially have a null
> pointer deference on opt.  Avoid this by checking for a null opt before
> dereferencing it.
> 
> Detected by CoverityScan, CID#1458234 ("Dereference before null check")
> 
> Fixes: 4e8b86c06269 ("mqprio: Introduce new hardware offload mode and shaper in mqprio")
> Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>

Applied.