[Intel-wired-lan] [next PATCH S52-V2 01/15] i40evf: check for msix_entries null dereference
Bowers, AndrewX
andrewx.bowers at intel.com
Wed Nov 16 18:56:04 UTC 2016
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Intel-wired-lan [mailto:intel-wired-lan-bounces at lists.osuosl.org] On
> Behalf Of Bimmy Pujari
> Sent: Tuesday, November 08, 2016 1:05 PM
> To: intel-wired-lan at lists.osuosl.org
> Cc: Brady, Alan <alan.brady at intel.com>
> Subject: [Intel-wired-lan] [next PATCH S52-V2 01/15] i40evf: check for
> msix_entries null dereference
>
> From: Alan Brady <alan.brady at intel.com>
>
> It is possible for msix_entries to be freed by a previous suspend/remove
> before a VF is closed. This patch fixes the issue by checking for NULL before
> dereferencing msix_entries and returning early in the case where it is NULL
> within the i40evf_close code path. Without this patch it is possible to trigger
> a kernel panic through NULL dereference.
>
> Signed-off-by: Alan Brady <alan.brady at intel.com>
> Change-ID: I92a2746e82533a889e25f91578eac9abd0388ae2
> ---
> Testing-hints:
> Create lots of VFs and bring themm up on the host, assign them and the PF
> to namespaces, then shut the system down.
>
> drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40evf_main.c | 6 ++++++
> 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
Tested-by: Andrew Bowers <andrewx.bowers at intel.com>
Was able to shut system down with many VFs assigned to namespaces, no kernel panic
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