netdev - Re: [PATCH v3 net] ixgbe: check adapter->vfinfo before dereference

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Date:	Wed, 15 Oct 2014 04:00:34 -0700
From:	Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>
To:	Thierry Herbelot <thierry.herbelot@...nd.com>
Cc:	Jesse Brandeburg <jesse.brandeburg@...el.com>,
	Bruce Allan <bruce.w.allan@...el.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	emil.s.tantilov@...el.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 net] ixgbe: check adapter->vfinfo before dereference

On Wed, 2014-10-15 at 11:58 +0200, Thierry Herbelot wrote:
> this protects against the following panic:
> (before a VF was actually created on p96p1 PF Ethernet port)
> 
> ip link set p96p1 vf 0 spoofchk off
> BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at
> 0000000000000052
> IP: [<ffffffffa044a1c1>] ixgbe_ndo_set_vf_spoofchk+0x51/0x150 [ixgbe]
> 
> Signed-off-by: Thierry Herbelot <thierry.herbelot@...nd.com>
> ---
> 
> v2:
>   compilation fixes
> 
> v3:
>   remove checks in functions where vfinfo is known not to be NULL
>   return -EINVAL as error code
> 
>  drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_sriov.c |   42
> ++++++++++++++++++++++--
>  1 file changed, 40 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

Thanks Thierry, I have added this patch to my queue (and dropped your
v2).

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