netdev - [PATCH] net: liquidio: fix a NULL pointer dereference

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Message-Id: <20190310081915.7024-1-kjlu@umn.edu>
Date:   Sun, 10 Mar 2019 03:19:15 -0500
From:   Kangjie Lu <kjlu@....edu>
To:     kjlu@....edu
Cc:     pakki001@....edu, Derek Chickles <dchickles@...vell.com>,
        Satanand Burla <sburla@...vell.com>,
        Felix Manlunas <fmanlunas@...vell.com>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] net: liquidio: fix a NULL pointer dereference

In case octeon_alloc_soft_command fails, the fix reports the
error and returns to avoid NULL pointer dereference.

Signed-off-by: Kangjie Lu <kjlu@....edu>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/lio_main.c | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/lio_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/lio_main.c
index 9b7819fdc9de..a3781d7a7b5c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/lio_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/lio_main.c
@@ -1192,6 +1192,11 @@ static void send_rx_ctrl_cmd(struct lio *lio, int start_stop)
 	sc = (struct octeon_soft_command *)
 		octeon_alloc_soft_command(oct, OCTNET_CMD_SIZE,
 					  16, 0);
+	if (!sc) {
+		netif_info(lio, rx_err, lio->netdev,
+				"Failed to allocate octeon_soft_command\n");
+		return;
+	}
 
 	ncmd = (union octnet_cmd *)sc->virtdptr;
 
-- 
2.17.1