Re: [PATCH][next] dpaa2-mac: Fix potential null pointer dereference

From: Gustavo A. R. Silva
Date: Tue Sep 29 2020 - 09:09:05 EST


On Fri, Sep 25, 2020 at 05:15:54PM -0700, David Miller wrote:
> From: "Gustavo A. R. Silva" <gustavoars@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Fri, 25 Sep 2020 12:03:23 -0500
>
> > There is a null-check for _pcs_, but it is being dereferenced
> > prior to this null-check. So, if _pcs_ can actually be null,
> > then there is a potential null pointer dereference that should
> > be fixed by null-checking _pcs_ before being dereferenced.
> >
> > Addresses-Coverity-ID: 1497159 ("Dereference before null check")
> > Fixes: 94ae899b2096 ("dpaa2-mac: add PCS support through the Lynx module")
> > Signed-off-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva <gustavoars@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Applied, thanks.

Thanks, Dave.
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Gustavo