Re: [PATCH] net: thunderx: nicvf_main: Fix potential NULL pointer dereference

[Eric Dumazet]

On 04/03/2018 02:29 PM, Gustavo A. R. Silva wrote:
> Add null check on kmalloc() return value in order to prevent
> a null pointer dereference.
> 
> Addresses-Coverity-ID: 1467429 ("Dereference null return value")
> Fixes: 37c3347eb247 ("net: thunderx: add ndo_set_rx_mode callback implementation for VF")
> Signed-off-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva <gustavo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/thunder/nicvf_main.c | 2 ++
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/thunder/nicvf_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/thunder/nicvf_main.c
> index 1e9a31f..468321a 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/thunder/nicvf_main.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/thunder/nicvf_main.c
> @@ -1999,6 +1999,8 @@ static void nicvf_set_rx_mode(struct net_device *netdev)
>  				struct xcast_addr *xaddr;
>  
>  				mc_list = kmalloc(sizeof(*mc_list), GFP_ATOMIC);
> +				if (unlikely(!mc_list))
> +					return;
>  				INIT_LIST_HEAD(&mc_list->list);
>  				netdev_hw_addr_list_for_each(ha, &netdev->mc) {
>  					xaddr = kmalloc(sizeof(*xaddr),
> 

What about the second kmalloc() right there ?