netdev - Re: [PATCH net] net: marvell: prestera: fix NULL dereference on devlink

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Date: Sun, 04 Jan 2026 18:01:38 +0000
From: patchwork-bot+netdevbpf@...nel.org
To: ALOK TIWARI <alok.a.tiwari@...cle.com>
Cc: vadym.kochan@...ision.eu, andrew+netdev@...n.ch,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH net] net: marvell: prestera: fix NULL dereference on
 devlink_alloc() failure

Hello:

This patch was applied to netdev/net.git (main)
by Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>:

On Mon, 29 Dec 2025 21:21:18 -0800 you wrote:
> devlink_alloc() may return NULL on allocation failure, but
> prestera_devlink_alloc() unconditionally calls devlink_priv() on
> the returned pointer.
> 
> This leads to a NULL pointer dereference if devlink allocation fails.
> Add a check for a NULL devlink pointer and return NULL early to avoid
> the crash.
> 
> [...]

Here is the summary with links:
  - [net] net: marvell: prestera: fix NULL dereference on devlink_alloc() failure
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net/c/a428e0da1248

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