Re: [PATCH][next] i40iw: fix null pointer dereference on a null wqe pointer
From: Jason Gunthorpe
Date: Tue Apr 14 2020 - 14:51:45 EST
On Wed, Apr 01, 2020 at 11:49:21PM +0100, Colin King wrote:
> From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Currently the null check for wqe is incorrect and lets a null wqe
> be passed to set_64bit_val and this indexes into the null pointer
> causing a null pointer dereference. Fix this by fixing the null
> pointer check to return an error if wqe is null.
>
> Addresses-Coverity: ("dereference after a null check")
> Fixes: 4b34e23f4eaa ("i40iw: Report correct firmware version")
> Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Acked-by: Shiraz Saleem <shiraz.saleem@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/infiniband/hw/i40iw/i40iw_ctrl.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
Applied to for-rc, thanks
Jason