netdev - Re: [PATCH] ServerEngines, benet: Avoid potential null deref in be_cmd_get_seeprom

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Message-ID: <20110205031828.GA12772@akhaparde-VBox>
Date:	Fri, 4 Feb 2011 21:18:28 -0600
From:	Ajit Khaparde <ajit.khaparde@...lex.com>
To:	<netdev@...r.kernel.org>, <jj@...osbits.net>
CC:	<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ServerEngines, benet: Avoid potential null deref in
 be_cmd_get_seeprom_data()

> From: Jesper Juhl [jj@...osbits.net]
> ent: Thursday, February 03, 2011 3:27 PM
> To: netdev@...r.kernel.org
> Cc: linux-drivers; linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org; Khaparde, Ajit; Bandi, Sarveshwar; Seetharaman, Subramanian; Perla, Sathya
> Subject: [PATCH] ServerEngines, benet: Avoid potential null deref in be_cmd_get_seeprom_data()

> wrb_from_mccq() may return null, so we may crash on a null deref in
> be_cmd_get_seeprom_data().
> This avoids that potential crash.

> Signed-off-by: Jesper Juhl <jj@...osbits.net>

Thanks Jesper.
But because we have acquired a lock, we need to release it.
I would suggest considering the following patch.
 
---

[PATCH] ServerEngines, benet: Avoid potential null deref in be_cmd_get_seeprom_data()

Found by: Jesper Juhl <jj@...osbits.net>

Signed-off-by: Ajit Khaparde <ajit.khaparde@...lex.com>
---
 drivers/net/benet/be_cmds.c |    5 +++++
 1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/benet/be_cmds.c b/drivers/net/benet/be_cmds.c
index 0c7811f..a179cc6 100644
--- a/drivers/net/benet/be_cmds.c
+++ b/drivers/net/benet/be_cmds.c
@@ -1786,6 +1786,10 @@ int be_cmd_get_seeprom_data(struct be_adapter *adapter,
 	spin_lock_bh(&adapter->mcc_lock);
 
 	wrb = wrb_from_mccq(adapter);
+	if (!wrb) {
+		status = -EBUSY;
+		goto err;
+	}
 	req = nonemb_cmd->va;
 	sge = nonembedded_sgl(wrb);
 
@@ -1801,6 +1805,7 @@ int be_cmd_get_seeprom_data(struct be_adapter *adapter,
 
 	status = be_mcc_notify_wait(adapter);
 
+err:
 	spin_unlock_bh(&adapter->mcc_lock);
 	return status;
 }
-- 
1.7.1

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