[PATCH] net: hns: dereference ppe_cb->ppe_common_cb if it is non-null

From: Colin King
Date: Thu Aug 25 2016 - 02:52:32 EST


From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

ppe_cb->ppe_common_cb is being dereferenced before a null check is
being made on it. If ppe_cb->ppe_common_cb is null then we end up
with a null pointer dereference when assigning dsaf_dev. Fix this
by moving the initialisation of dsaf_dev once we know
ppe_cb->ppe_common_cb is OK to dereference.

Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hns/hns_dsaf_ppe.c | 3 ++-
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hns/hns_dsaf_ppe.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hns/hns_dsaf_ppe.c
index ff8b6a4..6ea8722 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hns/hns_dsaf_ppe.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hns/hns_dsaf_ppe.c
@@ -328,9 +328,10 @@ static void hns_ppe_init_hw(struct hns_ppe_cb *ppe_cb)
static void hns_ppe_uninit_hw(struct hns_ppe_cb *ppe_cb)
{
u32 port;
- struct dsaf_device *dsaf_dev = ppe_cb->ppe_common_cb->dsaf_dev;

if (ppe_cb->ppe_common_cb) {
+ struct dsaf_device *dsaf_dev = ppe_cb->ppe_common_cb->dsaf_dev;
+
port = ppe_cb->index;
dsaf_dev->misc_op->ppe_srst(dsaf_dev, port, 0);
}
--
2.9.3