linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH][next] i40iw: fix null pointer dereference on a null wqe pointer

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Date:   Tue, 14 Apr 2020 15:51:32 -0300
From:   Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...pe.ca>
To:     Colin King <colin.king@...onical.com>
Cc:     Faisal Latif <faisal.latif@...el.com>,
        Shiraz Saleem <shiraz.saleem@...el.com>,
        Doug Ledford <dledford@...hat.com>, sindhu.devale@...el.com,
        linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org, kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH][next] i40iw: fix null pointer dereference on a null wqe
 pointer

On Wed, Apr 01, 2020 at 11:49:21PM +0100, Colin King wrote:
> From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>
> 
> Currently the null check for wqe is incorrect and lets a null wqe
> be passed to set_64bit_val and this indexes into the null pointer
> causing a null pointer dereference.  Fix this by fixing the null
> pointer check to return an error if wqe is null.
> 
> Addresses-Coverity: ("dereference after a null check")
> Fixes: 4b34e23f4eaa ("i40iw: Report correct firmware version")
> Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>
> Acked-by: Shiraz Saleem <shiraz.saleem@...el.com>
> ---
>  drivers/infiniband/hw/i40iw/i40iw_ctrl.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

Applied to for-rc, thanks

Jason