linux-kernel - [PATCH 3.18 06/33] s390/qeth: avoid null pointer dereference on OSN

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Message-Id: <20170605153021.198336739@linuxfoundation.org>
Date:   Mon,  5 Jun 2017 18:16:59 +0200
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        stable@...r.kernel.org, Julian Wiedmann <jwi@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
        Ursula Braun <ubraun@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
Subject: [PATCH 3.18 06/33] s390/qeth: avoid null pointer dereference on OSN

3.18-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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From: Julian Wiedmann <jwi@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>


[ Upstream commit 25e2c341e7818a394da9abc403716278ee646014 ]

Access card->dev only after checking whether's its valid.

Signed-off-by: Julian Wiedmann <jwi@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Reviewed-by: Ursula Braun <ubraun@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
---
 drivers/s390/net/qeth_l2_main.c |   10 ++++++----
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

--- a/drivers/s390/net/qeth_l2_main.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/net/qeth_l2_main.c
@@ -970,7 +970,6 @@ static int qeth_l2_setup_netdev(struct q
 	case QETH_CARD_TYPE_OSN:
 		card->dev = alloc_netdev(0, "osn%d", NET_NAME_UNKNOWN,
 					 ether_setup);
-		card->dev->flags |= IFF_NOARP;
 		break;
 	default:
 		card->dev = alloc_etherdev(0);
@@ -983,9 +982,12 @@ static int qeth_l2_setup_netdev(struct q
 	card->dev->watchdog_timeo = QETH_TX_TIMEOUT;
 	card->dev->mtu = card->info.initial_mtu;
 	card->dev->netdev_ops = &qeth_l2_netdev_ops;
-	card->dev->ethtool_ops =
-		(card->info.type != QETH_CARD_TYPE_OSN) ?
-		&qeth_l2_ethtool_ops : &qeth_l2_osn_ops;
+	if (card->info.type == QETH_CARD_TYPE_OSN) {
+		card->dev->ethtool_ops = &qeth_l2_osn_ops;
+		card->dev->flags |= IFF_NOARP;
+	} else {
+		card->dev->ethtool_ops = &qeth_l2_ethtool_ops;
+	}
 	card->dev->features |= NETIF_F_HW_VLAN_CTAG_FILTER;
 	card->info.broadcast_capable = 1;
 	qeth_l2_request_initial_mac(card);