In mlx5e_tir_builder_alloc() kvzalloc() may return NULL which is dereferenced on the next line in a reference to the modify field. Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE. Fixes: a6696735d694 ("net/mlx5e: Convert TIR to a dedicated object") Signed-off-by: Elena Salomatkina <esalomatkina@xxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/tir.c | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/tir.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/tir.c index d4239e3b3c88..72310452fce5 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/tir.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/tir.c @@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ struct mlx5e_tir_builder *mlx5e_tir_builder_alloc(bool modify) struct mlx5e_tir_builder *builder; builder = kvzalloc(sizeof(*builder), GFP_KERNEL); + if (!builder) + return NULL; builder->modify = modify; return builder; -- 2.33.0