[Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH 1/1] net: i40e: avoid null pointer dereference

Bowers, AndrewX andrewx.bowers at intel.com
Tue May 24 16:07:06 UTC 2016


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Intel-wired-lan [mailto:intel-wired-lan-bounces at lists.osuosl.org] On
> Behalf Of Heinrich Schuchardt
> Sent: Tuesday, May 17, 2016 1:42 PM
> To: Kirsher, Jeffrey T <jeffrey.t.kirsher at intel.com>
> Cc: netdev at vger.kernel.org; intel-wired-lan at lists.osuosl.org; linux-
> kernel at vger.kernel.org; Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk at gmx.de>
> Subject: [Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH 1/1] net: i40e: avoid null pointer
> dereference
> 
> In function i40e_debug_aq parameter desc is assumed to be possibly NULL.
> Do not dereference it before checking the value.
> 
> Fixes: f905dd62be88 ("i40e/i40evf: add max buf len to aq debug print
> helper")
> Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk at gmx.de>
> ---
>  drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_common.c | 4 +++-
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

Tested-by: Andrew Bowers <andrewx.bowers at intel.com>


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