From: Sergei Shtylyov Date: Mon, 7 Mar 2016 22:36:28 +0000 (+0300) Subject: sh_eth: fix NULL pointer dereference in sh_eth_ring_format() X-Git-Tag: v4.1.12-92~15^2~82 X-Git-Url: https://www.infradead.org/git/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=ad94d1fec858b86a2f719af3e340f2edda49357d;p=users%2Fjedix%2Flinux-maple.git sh_eth: fix NULL pointer dereference in sh_eth_ring_format() Orabug: 25308055 [ Upstream commit c1b7fca65070bfadca94dd53a4e6b71cd4f69715 ] In a low memory situation, if netdev_alloc_skb() fails on a first RX ring loop iteration in sh_eth_ring_format(), 'rxdesc' is still NULL. Avoid kernel oops by adding the 'rxdesc' check after the loop. Reported-by: Wolfram Sang Signed-off-by: Sergei Shtylyov Signed-off-by: David S. Miller Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin (cherry picked from commit c5e6283a4379eaae2d7fe596fc29ea02a14ac818) Signed-off-by: Dhaval Giani --- diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/renesas/sh_eth.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/renesas/sh_eth.c index 13463c4acc86..51eff9fefb4e 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/renesas/sh_eth.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/renesas/sh_eth.c @@ -1173,7 +1173,8 @@ static void sh_eth_ring_format(struct net_device *ndev) mdp->dirty_rx = (u32) (i - mdp->num_rx_ring); /* Mark the last entry as wrapping the ring. */ - rxdesc->status |= cpu_to_edmac(mdp, RD_RDEL); + if (rxdesc) + rxdesc->status |= cpu_to_edmac(mdp, RD_RDEL); memset(mdp->tx_ring, 0, tx_ringsize);