linux-kernel - [PATCH 1/3] net/mlx5e: Fix possible null pointer dereference

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Date:   Sun, 27 Sep 2020 12:32:54 +0100
From:   Alex Dewar <alex.dewar90@...il.com>
To:     unlisted-recipients:; (no To-header on input)
Cc:     Alex Dewar <alex.dewar90@...il.com>,
        Saeed Mahameed <saeedm@...dia.com>,
        Leon Romanovsky <leon@...nel.org>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] net/mlx5e: Fix possible null pointer dereference

In mlx5e_tc_unoffload_from_slow_path() a null check is performed for the
variable slow_attr and a warning is issued if it is null. However,
slow_attr is used later on in the function regardless. Fix this by
returning if slow_attr is null.

Addresses-Coverity: CID 1497163: Null pointer dereferences (FORWARD_NULL)
Signed-off-by: Alex Dewar <alex.dewar90@...il.com>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_tc.c | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_tc.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_tc.c
index f815b0c60a6c..b3c57b984a2a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_tc.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_tc.c
@@ -1238,8 +1238,10 @@ mlx5e_tc_unoffload_from_slow_path(struct mlx5_eswitch *esw,
 	struct mlx5_flow_attr *slow_attr;
 
 	slow_attr = mlx5_alloc_flow_attr(MLX5_FLOW_NAMESPACE_FDB);
-	if (!slow_attr)
+	if (!slow_attr) {
 		mlx5_core_warn(flow->priv->mdev, "Unable to unoffload slow path rule\n");
+		return;
+	}
 
 	memcpy(slow_attr, flow->attr, ESW_FLOW_ATTR_SZ);
 	slow_attr->action = MLX5_FLOW_CONTEXT_ACTION_FWD_DEST;
-- 
2.28.0