From: patchwork-bot+netdevbpf@kernel.org
To: Alok Tiwari <alok.a.tiwari@oracle.com>
Cc: leon@kernel.org, siva.kallam@broadcom.com,
vikas.gupta@broadcom.com, andrew+netdev@lunn.ch,
davem@davemloft.net, edumazet@google.com, kuba@kernel.org,
pabeni@redhat.com, netdev@vger.kernel.org,
alok.a.tiwarilinux@gmail.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] bnge: Fix NULL pointer dereference in aux device release
Date: Tue, 04 Aug 2026 01:30:12 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <178580701264.2908636.1557114995164267360.git-patchwork-notify@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260731192301.1427645-1-alok.a.tiwari@oracle.com>
Hello:
This patch was applied to netdev/net.git (main)
by Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>:
On Fri, 31 Jul 2026 12:22:59 -0700 you wrote:
> If allocation of auxr_dev fails during auxiliary device setup, the error
> path calls auxiliary_device_uninit(), which eventually invokes
> bnge_aux_dev_release().
>
> The release callback unconditionally dereferences aux_priv->auxr_dev->pdev
> to retrieve the parent bnge_dev. Since auxr_dev has not yet been allocated
> on this failure path, the dereference results in a NULL pointer exception
>
> [...]
Here is the summary with links:
- [net] bnge: Fix NULL pointer dereference in aux device release
https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net/c/1cb4298810e2
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prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-08-04 1:30 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-07-31 19:22 [PATCH net] bnge: Fix NULL pointer dereference in aux device release Alok Tiwari
2026-08-03 16:46 ` Bhargava Chenna Marreddy
2026-08-04 1:30 ` patchwork-bot+netdevbpf [this message]
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