[PATCH 1/1] net: i40e: avoid null pointer dereference

From: Heinrich Schuchardt
Date: Tue May 17 2016 - 16:41:54 EST


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@xxxxxx>
---
drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_common.c | 4 +++-
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_common.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_common.c
index 422b41d..d5cb570 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_common.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_common.c
@@ -297,13 +297,15 @@ void i40e_debug_aq(struct i40e_hw *hw, enum i40e_debug_mask mask, void *desc,
void *buffer, u16 buf_len)
{
struct i40e_aq_desc *aq_desc = (struct i40e_aq_desc *)desc;
- u16 len = le16_to_cpu(aq_desc->datalen);
+ u16 len;
u8 *buf = (u8 *)buffer;
u16 i = 0;

if ((!(mask & hw->debug_mask)) || (desc == NULL))
return;

+ len = le16_to_cpu(aq_desc->datalen);
+
i40e_debug(hw, mask,
"AQ CMD: opcode 0x%04X, flags 0x%04X, datalen 0x%04X, retval 0x%04X\n",
le16_to_cpu(aq_desc->opcode),
--
2.1.4