Re: [PATCH][next] taprio: add null check on sched_nest to avoid potential null pointer dereference

[Cong Wang]

On Sun, May 5, 2019 at 2:50 PM Colin King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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> The call to nla_nest_start_noflag can return a null pointer and currently
> this is not being checked and this can lead to a null pointer dereference
> when the null pointer sched_nest is passed to function nla_nest_end. Fix
> this by adding in a null pointer check.
>
> Addresses-Coverity: ("Dereference null return value")
> Fixes: a3d43c0d56f1 ("taprio: Add support adding an admin schedule")
> Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Acked-by: Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@xxxxxxxxx>

Thanks.