netdev - Re: [PATCH] netlink: add NULL check for get

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Message-Id: 
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Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2025 23:50:54 +0000
From: patchwork-bot+netdevbpf@...nel.org
To: Anton Moryakov <ant.v.moryakov@...il.com>
Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] netlink: add NULL check for get_string() in features.c

Hello:

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

On Tue, 13 May 2025 23:01:28 +0300 you wrote:
> Report of the static analyzer:
> Return value of a function 'get_string' is dereferenced at features.c:279
> without checking for NULL, but it is usually checked for this function (6/7).
> 
> Correct explained:
> Added NULL check for get_string() return value before passing to strcmp()
> to prevent potential NULL pointer dereference. This matches the behavior
> in other similar code paths where get_string() is used.
> 
> [...]

Here is the summary with links:
  - netlink: add NULL check for get_string() in features.c
    https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/network/ethtool/ethtool.git/commit/?id=d12a0a7b343e

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