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Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2012 01:08:28 +0100 From: Michal Schmidt <mschmidt@...hat.com> To: netdev@...r.kernel.org Cc: Yuval Mintz <yuvalmin@...adcom.com>, Yaniv Rosner <yanivr@...adcom.com>, Eilon Greenstein <eilong@...adcom.com>, Dmitry Kravkov <dmitry@...adcom.com> Subject: [PATCH net 1/2] bnx2x: fix a crash on corrupt firmware file If the requested firmware is deemed corrupt and then released, reset the pointer to NULL in order to avoid double-freeing it in bnx2x_release_firmware() or dereferencing it in bnx2x_init_firmware(). Signed-off-by: Michal Schmidt <mschmidt@...hat.com> --- drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_main.c | 1 + 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_main.c index 2545213..00ff62f 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_main.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_main.c @@ -10901,6 +10901,7 @@ init_ops_alloc_err: kfree(bp->init_data); request_firmware_exit: release_firmware(bp->firmware); + bp->firmware = NULL; return rc; } -- 1.7.7.6 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
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