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

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Message-Id: <20160519.112618.515295810053057625.davem@davemloft.net>
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.