[PATCH] net: liquidio: fix NULL pointer dereferences

[Kangjie Lu]

In case octeon_alloc_soft_command fails, the fix reports the
error and returns to avoid NULL pointer dereferences.

Signed-off-by: Kangjie Lu <kjlu@xxxxxxx>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/lio_vf_main.c | 12 ++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/lio_vf_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/lio_vf_main.c
index 54b245797d2e..cc081cda847c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/lio_vf_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/lio_vf_main.c
@@ -611,6 +611,12 @@ static void send_rx_ctrl_cmd(struct lio *lio, int start_stop)
 	sc = (struct octeon_soft_command *)
 		octeon_alloc_soft_command(oct, OCTNET_CMD_SIZE,
 					  16, 0);
+	if (!sc) {
+		netif_info(lio, rx_err, lio->netdev,
+			   "Failed to allocate octeon_soft_command\n");
+		return;
+	}
+
 
 	ncmd = (union octnet_cmd *)sc->virtdptr;
 
@@ -1960,6 +1966,12 @@ static int setup_nic_devices(struct octeon_device *octeon_dev)
 		sc = (struct octeon_soft_command *)
 			octeon_alloc_soft_command(octeon_dev, data_size,
 						  resp_size, 0);
+		if (!sc) {
+			dev_err(&octeon_dev->pci_dev->dev,
+				"Failed to allocate octeon_soft_command\n");
+			return -ENOMEM;
+		}
+
 		resp = (struct liquidio_if_cfg_resp *)sc->virtrptr;
 		vdata = (struct lio_version *)sc->virtdptr;
 
-- 
2.17.1