Re: [PATCH V2 net] net: fec: Coverity issue: Dereference null return value

From: Alexander Duyck
Date: Mon Dec 19 2022 - 10:43:25 EST


On Sun, Dec 18, 2022 at 6:31 PM <wei.fang@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> From: Wei Fang <wei.fang@xxxxxxx>
>
> The build_skb might return a null pointer but there is no check on the
> return value in the fec_enet_rx_queue(). So a null pointer dereference
> might occur. To avoid this, we check the return value of build_skb. If
> the return value is a null pointer, the driver will recycle the page and
> update the statistic of ndev. Then jump to rx_processing_done to clear
> the status flags of the BD so that the hardware can recycle the BD.
>
> Signed-off-by: Wei Fang <wei.fang@xxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Shenwei Wang <Shenwei.wang@xxxxxxx>
> ---
> V2 changes:
> 1. Remove rx_packets and rx_bytes counters.
> 2. Use netdev_err_once instead of netdev_err.
> ---
> drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fec_main.c | 8 ++++++++
> 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fec_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fec_main.c
> index 5528b0af82ae..644f3c963730 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fec_main.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fec_main.c
> @@ -1674,6 +1674,14 @@ fec_enet_rx_queue(struct net_device *ndev, int budget, u16 queue_id)
> * bridging applications.
> */
> skb = build_skb(page_address(page), PAGE_SIZE);
> + if (unlikely(!skb)) {
> + page_pool_recycle_direct(rxq->page_pool, page);
> + ndev->stats.rx_dropped++;
> +
> + netdev_err_once(ndev, "build_skb failed!\n");
> + goto rx_processing_done;
> + }
> +
> skb_reserve(skb, data_start);
> skb_put(skb, pkt_len - sub_len);
> skb_mark_for_recycle(skb);


Looks good to me.

Reviewed-by: Alexander Duyck <alexanderduyck@xxxxxx>