Re: [PATCH] net: sun: sungem: rix a possible null dereference

[Sergei Shtylyov]

Hello!

On 3/15/2017 12:23 AM, Philippe Reynes wrote:

> The function gem_begin_auto_negotiation dereference
> the pointer ep before testing if it's null. This
> patch add a check on ep before dereferencing it.
>
> This issue was added by the patch 92552fdd557:
> "net: sun: sungem: use new api ethtool_{get|set}_link_ksettings".

   There's Fixes: tag for that now, described in 
Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst...

> Reported-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Philippe Reynes <tremyfr@xxxxxxxxx>
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MBR, Sergei