Re: [PATCH linux-next 1/4] infiniband/ipoib: fix possible NULL pointer dereference in ipoib_get_iflink

Jason Gunthorpe
2015-04-14T20:41:33Z

On Tue, Apr 14, 2015 at 07:30:03PM +0300, Erez Shitrit wrote:

> > diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib_main.c b/drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib_main.c
> > index 657b89b..11ea6e2 100644
> > +++ b/drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib_main.c
> > @@ -846,7 +846,10 @@ static int ipoib_get_iflink(const struct net_device *dev)
> > {
> > struct ipoib_dev_priv *priv = netdev_priv(dev);
> >
> > - return priv->parent->ifindex;
> > + if (priv && priv->parent)
> > + return priv->parent->ifindex;
> > + else
> > + return 0;
> This will make parent interface to return 0 instead of its own ifindex.
> I would suggest write something like that:

Agree

> + /* parent interface */
> + if (!test_bit(IPOIB_FLAG_SUBINTERFACE, &priv->flags))
> + return dev->ifindex;
> +
> + /* child/vlan interface */
> + if (!priv->parent)
> + return -1;

Like was said for other drivers, I can't see how parent can be null
while IPOIB_FLAG_SUBINTERFACE is set. Drop the last if.

Erez, you basically rewrote this, please make a proper patch with the
Fixes and Reported-By credit for Honggang. Lets merge this through
Dave M's tree right away.

Thank you all

Jason