netdev - Re: [PATCH] fec: fix possible NULL dereference in fec_mode

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Message-Id: 
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Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2025 23:50:52 +0000
From: patchwork-bot+netdevbpf@...nel.org
To: Anton Moryakov <ant.v.moryakov@...il.com>
Cc: mkubecek@...e.cz, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] fec: fix possible NULL dereference in fec_mode_walk()

Hello:

This patch was applied to ethtool/ethtool.git (master)
by Michal Kubecek <mkubecek@...e.cz>:

On Sun, 18 May 2025 16:18:18 +0300 you wrote:
> From: AntonMoryakov <ant.v.moryakov@...il.com>
> 
> Static analyzer (Svace) reported a possible null pointer dereference
> in fec_mode_walk(), where the 'name' pointer is passed to print_string()
> without checking for NULL.
> 
> Although some callers check the return value of get_string(), others
> (e.g., walk_bitset()) do not. This patch adds an early NULL check
> to avoid dereferencing a null pointer.
> 
> [...]

Here is the summary with links:
  - fec: fix possible NULL dereference in fec_mode_walk()
    https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/network/ethtool/ethtool.git/commit/?id=33fffbbdc12d

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