RE: [EXT] [PATCH] infiniband/qedr: Potential null ptr dereference of qp

From: Michal Kalderon
Date: Tue Dec 25 2018 - 08:13:57 EST


> From: Aditya Pakki <pakki001@xxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, December 24, 2018 8:25 PM
>
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> idr_find() may fail and return a NULL pointer. The fix checks the return value
> of the function and returns an error in case of NULL.
>
> Signed-off-by: Aditya Pakki <pakki001@xxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/infiniband/hw/qedr/qedr_iw_cm.c | 2 ++
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/qedr/qedr_iw_cm.c
> b/drivers/infiniband/hw/qedr/qedr_iw_cm.c
> index 505fa3648762..93b16237b767 100644
> --- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/qedr/qedr_iw_cm.c
> +++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/qedr/qedr_iw_cm.c
> @@ -492,6 +492,8 @@ int qedr_iw_connect(struct iw_cm_id *cm_id, struct
> iw_cm_conn_param *conn_param)
> int i;
>
> qp = idr_find(&dev->qpidr.idr, conn_param->qpn);
> + if (unlikely(!qp))
> + return -EINVAL;
>
> laddr = (struct sockaddr_in *)&cm_id->m_local_addr;
> raddr = (struct sockaddr_in *)&cm_id->m_remote_addr;
> --
> 2.17.1

Thanks,

Acked-by: Michal Kalderon <michal.kalderon@xxxxxxxxxxx>