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

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Date:   Mon, 11 Mar 2019 02:06:06 -0500
From:   Kangjie Lu <kjlu@....edu>
To:     kjlu@....edu
Cc:     pakki001@....edu, Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] net: rocker: fix a potential NULL pointer dereference

In case kzalloc fails, the fix releases resources and returns
NOTIFY_BAD to avoid NULL pointer dereference.

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

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/rocker/rocker_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/rocker/rocker_main.c
index c883aa89b7ca..a71c900ca04f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/rocker/rocker_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/rocker/rocker_main.c
@@ -2805,6 +2805,11 @@ static int rocker_switchdev_event(struct notifier_block *unused,
 		memcpy(&switchdev_work->fdb_info, ptr,
 		       sizeof(switchdev_work->fdb_info));
 		switchdev_work->fdb_info.addr = kzalloc(ETH_ALEN, GFP_ATOMIC);
+		if (unlikely(!switchdev_work->fdb_info.addr)) {
+			kfree(switchdev_work);
+			return NOTIFY_BAD;
+		}
+
 		ether_addr_copy((u8 *)switchdev_work->fdb_info.addr,
 				fdb_info->addr);
 		/* Take a reference on the rocker device */
-- 
2.17.1