The patch below does not apply to the 4.4-stable tree. If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit id to <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>. thanks, greg k-h ------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------ >From f4e7de63ab273b6a5e35c82eb4fc6363c855ddd4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Doug Ledford <dledford@xxxxxxxxxx> Date: Fri, 22 Apr 2016 20:14:58 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] IB/core: Fix oops in ib_cache_gid_set_default_gid When we fail to find the default gid index, we can't continue processing in this routine or else we will pass a negative index to later routines resulting in invalid memory access attempts and a kernel oops. Fixes: 03db3a2d81e6 (IB/core: Add RoCE GID table management) Signed-off-by: Doug Ledford <dledford@xxxxxxxxxx> diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/core/cache.c b/drivers/infiniband/core/cache.c index cb00d59da456..c2e257d97eff 100644 --- a/drivers/infiniband/core/cache.c +++ b/drivers/infiniband/core/cache.c @@ -691,7 +691,8 @@ void ib_cache_gid_set_default_gid(struct ib_device *ib_dev, u8 port, NULL); /* Coudn't find default GID location */ - WARN_ON(ix < 0); + if (WARN_ON(ix < 0)) + goto release; zattr_type.gid_type = gid_type; -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe stable" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html