3.16.37-rc1 review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. ------------------ From: "xypron.glpk@xxxxxx" <xypron.glpk@xxxxxx> commit 1740c29a46b30a2f157afc473156f157e599d4c2 upstream. ehea_get_port may return NULL. Do not dereference NULL value. Fixes: 8c4877a4128e ("ehea: Use the standard logging functions") Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@xxxxxx> Acked-by: Thadeu Lima de Souza Cascardo <cascardo@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ehea/ehea_main.c | 9 ++++----- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ehea/ehea_main.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ehea/ehea_main.c @@ -1169,16 +1169,15 @@ static void ehea_parse_eqe(struct ehea_a ec = EHEA_BMASK_GET(NEQE_EVENT_CODE, eqe); portnum = EHEA_BMASK_GET(NEQE_PORTNUM, eqe); port = ehea_get_port(adapter, portnum); + if (!port) { + netdev_err(NULL, "unknown portnum %x\n", portnum); + return; + } dev = port->netdev; switch (ec) { case EHEA_EC_PORTSTATE_CHG: /* port state change */ - if (!port) { - netdev_err(dev, "unknown portnum %x\n", portnum); - break; - } - if (EHEA_BMASK_GET(NEQE_PORT_UP, eqe)) { if (!netif_carrier_ok(dev)) { ret = ehea_sense_port_attr(port); -- 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