linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] RDMA/cxgb4: fix null pointer dereference on alloc

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Date:   Mon, 15 Apr 2019 13:23:38 +0530
From:   Potnuri Bharat Teja <bharat@...lsio.com>
To:     Colin King <colin.king@...onical.com>
Cc:     Doug Ledford <dledford@...hat.com>, Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...pe.ca>,
        "linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org" <linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org>,
        "kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org" <kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] RDMA/cxgb4: fix null pointer dereference on alloc_skb
 failure

On Saturday, April 04/13/19, 2019 at 21:30:26 +0530, Colin King wrote:
> From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>
> 
> Currently if alloc_skb fails to allocate the skb a null skb is passed
> to t4_set_arp_err_handler and this ends up dereferencing the null skb.
> Avoid the null pointer dereference by checking for a null skb and
> returning early.
> 
> Addresses-Coverity: ("Dereference null return")
> Fixes: b38a0ad8ec11 ("RDMA/cxgb4: Set arp error handler for PASS_ACCEPT_RPL messages")
> Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>
> ---
>  drivers/infiniband/hw/cxgb4/cm.c | 2 ++
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
> 

Thanks,
Acked-by: Potnuri Bharat Teja <bharat@...lsio.com>