Re: [PATCH][next] net/mlx5e: Fix potential null pointer dereference

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On Fri, Sep 25, 2020 at 11:49:13AM -0500, Gustavo A. R. Silva wrote:
> 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(-)
>

Thanks,
Reviewed-by: Leon Romanovsky <leonro@xxxxxxxxxx>



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