netdev - Re: [PATCH bpf] riscv, bpf: Fix potential NULL dereference

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Date:   Thu, 28 Oct 2021 08:16:21 -0700
From:   Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To:     Björn Töpel <bjorn@...nel.org>
Cc:     ast@...nel.org, daniel@...earbox.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        bpf@...r.kernel.org, linux-riscv@...ts.infradead.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH bpf] riscv, bpf: Fix potential NULL dereference

On Thu, 28 Oct 2021 14:51:15 +0200 Björn Töpel wrote:
> The bpf_jit_binary_free() function requires a non-NULL argument. When
> the RISC-V BPF JIT fails to converge in NR_JIT_ITERATIONS steps,
> jit_data->header will be NULL, which triggers a NULL
> dereference. Avoid this by checking the argument, prior calling the
> function.
> 
> Fixes: ca6cb5447cec ("riscv, bpf: Factor common RISC-V JIT code")
> Signed-off-by: Björn Töpel <bjorn@...nel.org>

Looks pretty trivial so applied to net with Daniel's off-list blessing.