Calls to kzalloc() and kvzalloc() should be null-checked
in order to avoid any potential failures. In this case,
a potential null pointer dereference.
Fix this by adding null checks for _parse_attr_ and _flow_
right after allocation.
Addresses-Coverity-ID: 1497154 ("Dereference before null check")
Fixes: c620b772152b ("net/mlx5: Refactor tc flow attributes structure")
Signed-off-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva <gustavoars@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_tc.c | 10 ++++++----
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_tc.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_tc.c
index f815b0c60a6c..fb27154bfddb 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_tc.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_tc.c
@@ -4534,20 +4534,22 @@ mlx5e_alloc_flow(struct mlx5e_priv *priv, int attr_size,
struct mlx5e_tc_flow_parse_attr *parse_attr;
struct mlx5_flow_attr *attr;
struct mlx5e_tc_flow *flow;
- int out_index, err;
+ int err = -ENOMEM;
+ int out_index;
flow = kzalloc(sizeof(*flow), GFP_KERNEL);
parse_attr = kvzalloc(sizeof(*parse_attr), GFP_KERNEL);
+ if (!parse_attr || !flow)
+ goto err_free;
flow->flags = flow_flags;
flow->cookie = f->cookie;
flow->priv = priv;
attr = mlx5_alloc_flow_attr(get_flow_name_space(flow));
- if (!parse_attr || !flow || !attr) {
- err = -ENOMEM;
+ if (!attr)
goto err_free;
- }
+
flow->attr = attr;
for (out_index = 0; out_index < MLX5_MAX_FLOW_FWD_VPORTS; out_index++)
--
2.27.0
