linux-kernel - [PATCH 3.16 106/305] net: ehea: avoid null pointer dereference

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Date:	Sat, 13 Aug 2016 18:42:51 +0100
From:	Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org
CC:	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	"xypron.glpk@....de" <xypron.glpk@....de>,
	"Thadeu Lima de Souza Cascardo" <cascardo@...ian.org>
Subject: [PATCH 3.16 106/305] net: ehea: avoid null pointer dereference

3.16.37-rc1 review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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From: "xypron.glpk@....de" <xypron.glpk@....de>

commit 1740c29a46b30a2f157afc473156f157e599d4c2 upstream.

ehea_get_port may return NULL. Do not dereference NULL value.

Fixes: 8c4877a4128e ("ehea: Use the standard logging functions")
Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@....de>
Acked-by: Thadeu Lima de Souza Cascardo <cascardo@...ian.org>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ehea/ehea_main.c | 9 ++++-----
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ehea/ehea_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ehea/ehea_main.c
@@ -1169,16 +1169,15 @@ static void ehea_parse_eqe(struct ehea_a
 	ec = EHEA_BMASK_GET(NEQE_EVENT_CODE, eqe);
 	portnum = EHEA_BMASK_GET(NEQE_PORTNUM, eqe);
 	port = ehea_get_port(adapter, portnum);
+	if (!port) {
+		netdev_err(NULL, "unknown portnum %x\n", portnum);
+		return;
+	}
 	dev = port->netdev;
 
 	switch (ec) {
 	case EHEA_EC_PORTSTATE_CHG:	/* port state change */
 
-		if (!port) {
-			netdev_err(dev, "unknown portnum %x\n", portnum);
-			break;
-		}
-
 		if (EHEA_BMASK_GET(NEQE_PORT_UP, eqe)) {
 			if (!netif_carrier_ok(dev)) {
 				ret = ehea_sense_port_attr(port);