netdev - Re: [PATCH 1/1] net: i40e: avoid null pointer dereference

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Date:	Thu, 19 May 2016 11:26:18 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	xypron.glpk@....de
Cc:	jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com, intel-wired-lan@...ts.osuosl.org,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] net: i40e: avoid null pointer dereference

From: Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@....de>
Date: Tue, 17 May 2016 22:41:33 +0200

> In function i40e_debug_aq parameter desc is assumed to be
> possibly NULL. Do not dereference it before checking the
> value.
> 
> Fixes: f905dd62be88 ("i40e/i40evf: add max buf len to aq debug print helper")
> Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@....de>

I'll let Jeff pick this up.