linux-kernel - [PATCH 4.14 11/48] i40e: Fix a potential NULL pointer dereference

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Date:   Mon,  9 Nov 2020 13:55:20 +0100
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        stable@...r.kernel.org,
        Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@...adoo.fr>,
        Andrew Bowers <andrewx.bowers@...el.com>,
        Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>,
        Ben Hutchings <ben.hutchings@...ethink.co.uk>
Subject: [PATCH 4.14 11/48] i40e: Fix a potential NULL pointer dereference

From: Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@...adoo.fr>

commit 54902349ee95045b67e2f0c39b75f5418540064b upstream.

If 'kzalloc()' fails, a NULL pointer will be dereferenced.
Return an error code (-ENOMEM) instead.

Signed-off-by: Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@...adoo.fr>
Tested-by: Andrew Bowers <andrewx.bowers@...el.com>
Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben.hutchings@...ethink.co.uk>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_virtchnl_pf.c |    3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_virtchnl_pf.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_virtchnl_pf.c
@@ -423,6 +423,9 @@ static int i40e_config_iwarp_qvlist(stru
 	       (sizeof(struct virtchnl_iwarp_qv_info) *
 						(qvlist_info->num_vectors - 1));
 	vf->qvlist_info = kzalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!vf->qvlist_info)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
 	vf->qvlist_info->num_vectors = qvlist_info->num_vectors;
 
 	msix_vf = pf->hw.func_caps.num_msix_vectors_vf;