Re: [PATCH] e1000: avoid null pointer dereference on invalid stat type

From: Dan Carpenter
Date: Fri Sep 22 2017 - 07:51:03 EST


On Thu, Sep 21, 2017 at 11:01:58PM +0100, Colin King wrote:
> @@ -1837,12 +1838,13 @@ static void e1000_get_ethtool_stats(struct net_device *netdev,
> p = (char *)adapter + stat->stat_offset;
> break;
> default:
> + p = NULL;
> WARN_ONCE(1, "Invalid E1000 stat type: %u index %d\n",
> stat->type, i);
> break;
> }
>
> - if (stat->sizeof_stat == sizeof(u64))
> + if (p && stat->sizeof_stat == sizeof(u64))
> data[i] = *(u64 *)p;
> else
> data[i] = *(u32 *)p;
^^^^^^^^

The else side will still crash.

regards,
dan carpenter