netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] sky2: Fix crash inside sky2_rx

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Date:	Wed, 26 Nov 2014 10:57:10 -0800
From:	Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>
To:	Mirko Lindner <mlindner@...vell.com>
Cc:	<davem@...emloft.net>,
	"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] sky2: Fix crash inside sky2_rx_clean

On Wed, 26 Nov 2014 15:13:38 +0100
Mirko Lindner <mlindner@...vell.com> wrote:

> If sky2->tx_le = pci_alloc_consistent() or sky2->tx_ring = kcalloc() in
> sky2_alloc_buffers() fails, sky2->rx_ring = kcalloc() will never be called.
> In this error case handling, sky2_rx_clean() is called from within
> sky2_free_buffers().
> 
> In sky2_rx_clean() we find the following:
> 
> ...
>    memset(sky2->rx_le, 0, RX_LE_BYTES);
> ...
> 
> This results in a memset using a NULL pointer and will crash the system.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Mirko Lindner <mlindner@...vell.com>

This matches my earlier patch, but this one is just as good

Acked-by: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>
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