netdev - Re: [PATCH] net: mvpp2: fix possible invalid pointer dereference

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Date:   Tue, 15 Nov 2022 10:42:32 +0200
From:   Leon Romanovsky <leon@...nel.org>
To:     Hui Tang <tanghui20@...wei.com>
Cc:     davem@...emloft.net, edumazet@...gle.com, kuba@...nel.org,
        mw@...ihalf.com, linux@...linux.org.uk, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, yusongping@...wei.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: mvpp2: fix possible invalid pointer dereference

On Tue, Nov 15, 2022 at 12:46:32PM +0800, Hui Tang wrote:
> It will cause invalid pointer dereference to priv->cm3_base behind,
> if PTR_ERR(priv->cm3_base) in mvpp2_get_sram().
> 
> Fixes: a59d354208a7 ("net: mvpp2: enable global flow control")
> Signed-off-by: Hui Tang <tanghui20@...wei.com>
> ---
>  drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvpp2/mvpp2_main.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvpp2/mvpp2_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvpp2/mvpp2_main.c
> index d98f7e9a480e..c92bd1922421 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvpp2/mvpp2_main.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvpp2/mvpp2_main.c
> @@ -7421,7 +7421,7 @@ static int mvpp2_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
>  			dev_warn(&pdev->dev, "Fail to alloc CM3 SRAM\n");
>  
>  		/* Enable global Flow Control only if handler to SRAM not NULL */
> -		if (priv->cm3_base)
> +		if (!IS_ERR_OR_NULL(priv->cm3_base))
>  			priv->global_tx_fc = true;

The change is ok, but the patch title should include target, in your
case it is net -> [PATCH net] ....

Thanks

>  	}
>  
> -- 
> 2.17.1
>