From: Sukadev Bhattiprolu <sukadev@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> commit 273c29e944bda9a20a30c26cfc34c9a3f363280b upstream. If a failover occurs before a login response is received, the login response buffer maybe undefined. Check that there was no failover before accessing the login response buffer. Fixes: 032c5e82847a ("Driver for IBM System i/p VNIC protocol") Signed-off-by: Sukadev Bhattiprolu <sukadev@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c | 8 ++++++++ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+) --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c @@ -4478,6 +4478,14 @@ static int handle_login_rsp(union ibmvni return 0; } + if (adapter->failover_pending) { + adapter->init_done_rc = -EAGAIN; + netdev_dbg(netdev, "Failover pending, ignoring login response\n"); + complete(&adapter->init_done); + /* login response buffer will be released on reset */ + return 0; + } + netdev->mtu = adapter->req_mtu - ETH_HLEN; netdev_dbg(adapter->netdev, "Login Response Buffer:\n");