netdev - Re: [PATCH v3] net: mlx5: Add a missing check on idr

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Date:   Tue, 19 Mar 2019 09:03:11 -0700
From:   Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
To:     Aditya Pakki <pakki001@....edu>
Cc:     kjlu@....edu, Boris Pismenny <borisp@...lanox.com>,
        Saeed Mahameed <saeedm@...lanox.com>,
        Leon Romanovsky <leon@...nel.org>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Ilya Lesokhin <ilyal@...lanox.com>,
        Wei Yongjun <weiyongjun1@...wei.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] net: mlx5: Add a missing check on idr_find, free buf



On 03/19/2019 08:55 AM, Aditya Pakki wrote:
> idr_find() can return a NULL value to 'flow' which is used without a check.
> The patch adds a check to avoid potential NULL pointer dereference.
> In case of mlx5_fpga_sbu_conn_sendmsg() failure, free buf allocated
> using kzalloc.
> 
> ---
> v2: failure to return in case of flow failure.
> v1: Failed to free buf in case of flow failure.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Aditya Pakki <pakki001@....edu>


Please add an appropriate Fixes: tag, thanks.