linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] RDMA/rxe: Fix possible NULL pointer dereference

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Date:   Fri, 16 Oct 2020 14:04:24 -0300
From:   Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...dia.com>
To:     Alex Dewar <alex.dewar90@...il.com>
CC:     Zhu Yanjun <yanjunz@...dia.com>,
        Doug Ledford <dledford@...hat.com>,
        Bob Pearson <rpearsonhpe@...il.com>,
        <linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] RDMA/rxe: Fix possible NULL pointer dereference

On Mon, Oct 12, 2020 at 05:52:30PM +0100, Alex Dewar wrote:
> skb_clone() is called without checking if the returned pointer is NULL
> before it is dereferenced. Fix by adding an additional error check.
> 
> Fixes: e7ec96fc7932 ("RDMA/rxe: Fix skb lifetime in rxe_rcv_mcast_pkt()")
> Addresses-Coverity-ID: 1497804: Null pointer dereferences (NULL_RETURNS)
> Signed-off-by: Alex Dewar <alex.dewar90@...il.com>
> ---
>  drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_recv.c | 11 +++++++++--
>  1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

I took Bob's version of this since it is a little bit simpler

Thanks,
Jason