From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> There is an earlier check to see if xdp_ring is null when configuring the tx ring, so assuming that it can still be null, the clearing of the xdp_ring->state currently could end up with a null pointer dereference. Fix this by only clearing the bit if xdp_ring is not null. Detected by CoverityScan, CID#1473795 ("Dereference after null check") Fixes: 024aa5800f32 ("ixgbe: added Rx/Tx ring disable/enable functions") Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c index 0049a2becd7e..8e4756247324 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c @@ -10517,7 +10517,8 @@ void ixgbe_txrx_ring_enable(struct ixgbe_adapter *adapter, int ring) ixgbe_configure_rx_ring(adapter, rx_ring); clear_bit(__IXGBE_TX_DISABLED, &tx_ring->state); - clear_bit(__IXGBE_TX_DISABLED, &xdp_ring->state); + if (xdp_ring) + clear_bit(__IXGBE_TX_DISABLED, &xdp_ring->state); } /** -- 2.17.1