netdev - [PATCH net] bnx2x: Prevent null pointer dereference in AFEX mode

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Message-ID: <1365590079-7422-1-git-send-email-yuvalmin@broadcom.com>
Date:	Wed, 10 Apr 2013 13:34:39 +0300
From:	"Yuval Mintz" <yuvalmin@...adcom.com>
To:	davem@...emloft.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org
cc:	"Yuval Mintz" <yuvalmin@...adcom.com>,
	"Ariel Elior" <ariele@...adcom.com>,
	"Eilon Greenstein" <eilong@...adcom.com>
Subject: [PATCH net] bnx2x: Prevent null pointer dereference in AFEX
 mode

The cnic module is responsible for initializing various bnx2x structs
via callbacks provided by the bnx2x module.
One such struct is the queue object for the FCoE queue.

If a device is working in AFEX mode and its configuration allows FCoE yet 
the cnic module is not loaded, it's very likely a null pointer dereference
will occur, as the bnx2x will erroneously access the FCoE's queue object.

Prevent said access until cnic properly registers itself.

Signed-off-by: Yuval Mintz <yuvalmin@...adcom.com>
Signed-off-by: Ariel Elior <ariele@...adcom.com>
Signed-off-by: Eilon Greenstein <eilong@...adcom.com>
---
Hi Dave,

This small patch prevents a possible null pointer dereference in bnx2x.

Please consider applying it to `net'.

Thanks,
Yuval
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_main.c | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_main.c
index fdfe33b..25df400 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_main.c
@@ -4959,7 +4959,7 @@ static void bnx2x_after_function_update(struct bnx2x *bp)
 				  q);
 	}
 
-	if (!NO_FCOE(bp)) {
+	if (!NO_FCOE(bp) && CNIC_ENABLED(bp)) {
 		fp = &bp->fp[FCOE_IDX(bp)];
 		queue_params.q_obj = &bnx2x_sp_obj(bp, fp).q_obj;
 
@@ -13450,6 +13450,7 @@ static int bnx2x_unregister_cnic(struct net_device *dev)
 	RCU_INIT_POINTER(bp->cnic_ops, NULL);
 	mutex_unlock(&bp->cnic_mutex);
 	synchronize_rcu();
+	bp->cnic_enabled = false;
 	kfree(bp->cnic_kwq);
 	bp->cnic_kwq = NULL;
 
-- 
1.8.1.227.g44fe835


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