skb_clone() is called without checking if the returned pointer is NULL before it is dereferenced. Fix by adding an additional error check. Fixes: e7ec96fc7932 ("RDMA/rxe: Fix skb lifetime in rxe_rcv_mcast_pkt()") Addresses-Coverity-ID: 1497804: Null pointer dereferences (NULL_RETURNS) Signed-off-by: Alex Dewar <alex.dewar90@xxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_recv.c | 11 +++++++++-- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_recv.c b/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_recv.c index 11f3daf20768..a65936e12f89 100644 --- a/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_recv.c +++ b/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_recv.c @@ -266,10 +266,13 @@ static void rxe_rcv_mcast_pkt(struct rxe_dev *rxe, struct sk_buff *skb) /* for all but the last qp create a new clone of the * skb and pass to the qp. */ - if (mce->qp_list.next != &mcg->qp_list) + if (mce->qp_list.next != &mcg->qp_list) { per_qp_skb = skb_clone(skb, GFP_ATOMIC); - else + if (!per_qp_skb) + goto err2; + } else { per_qp_skb = skb; + } per_qp_pkt = SKB_TO_PKT(per_qp_skb); per_qp_pkt->qp = qp; @@ -283,6 +286,10 @@ static void rxe_rcv_mcast_pkt(struct rxe_dev *rxe, struct sk_buff *skb) return; +err2: + spin_unlock_bh(&mcg->mcg_lock); + rxe_drop_ref(mcg); /* drop ref from rxe_pool_get_key. */ + err1: kfree_skb(skb); } -- 2.28.0