[PATCH] net: xgene: fix possible NULL dereference in xgene_enet_free_desc_rings()

Subsystems: applied micro (apm) x-gene soc ethernet driver, networking drivers, the rest

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2 messages, 2 authors, 2014-08-22 · open the first message on its own page

[PATCH] net: xgene: fix possible NULL dereference in xgene_enet_free_desc_rings()

From: Iyappan Subramanian <hidden>
Date: 2014-08-21 20:44:07

A NULL pointer dereference is possible for the argument ring->buf_pool
which is passed to xgene_enet_free_desc_ring(), as ring could be NULL.

And now since NULL pointers are being checked for before the calls to
xgene_enet_free_desc_ring(), might as well take advantage of them and
not call the function if the argument would be NULL.

Reported-by: Dan Carpenter <redacted>
Signed-off-by: Iyappan Subramanian <redacted>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/apm/xgene/xgene_enet_main.c | 20 +++++++++++++-------
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/apm/xgene/xgene_enet_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/apm/xgene/xgene_enet_main.c
index e1a8f4e..e4222af 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/apm/xgene/xgene_enet_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/apm/xgene/xgene_enet_main.c
@@ -563,15 +563,21 @@ static void xgene_enet_free_desc_rings(struct xgene_enet_pdata *pdata)
 	struct xgene_enet_desc_ring *ring;
 
 	ring = pdata->tx_ring;
-	if (ring && ring->cp_ring && ring->cp_ring->cp_skb)
-		devm_kfree(dev, ring->cp_ring->cp_skb);
-	xgene_enet_free_desc_ring(ring);
+	if (ring) {
+		if (ring->cp_ring && ring->cp_ring->cp_skb)
+			devm_kfree(dev, ring->cp_ring->cp_skb);
+		xgene_enet_free_desc_ring(ring);
+	}
 
 	ring = pdata->rx_ring;
-	if (ring && ring->buf_pool && ring->buf_pool->rx_skb)
-		devm_kfree(dev, ring->buf_pool->rx_skb);
-	xgene_enet_free_desc_ring(ring->buf_pool);
-	xgene_enet_free_desc_ring(ring);
+	if (ring) {
+		if (ring->buf_pool) {
+			if (ring->buf_pool->rx_skb)
+				devm_kfree(dev, ring->buf_pool->rx_skb);
+			xgene_enet_free_desc_ring(ring->buf_pool);
+		}
+		xgene_enet_free_desc_ring(ring);
+	}
 }
 
 static struct xgene_enet_desc_ring *xgene_enet_create_desc_ring(
-- 
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Re: [PATCH] net: xgene: fix possible NULL dereference in xgene_enet_free_desc_rings()

From: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Date: 2014-08-22 18:25:42

From: Iyappan Subramanian <redacted>
Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2014 13:44:48 -0700
A NULL pointer dereference is possible for the argument ring->buf_pool
which is passed to xgene_enet_free_desc_ring(), as ring could be NULL.

And now since NULL pointers are being checked for before the calls to
xgene_enet_free_desc_ring(), might as well take advantage of them and
not call the function if the argument would be NULL.

Reported-by: Dan Carpenter <redacted>
Signed-off-by: Iyappan Subramanian <redacted>
Applied, thanks.
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