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From: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] be2net: Avoid accessing eq object in
 be_msix_register routine, when i < 0.
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 2015 15:51:18 -0500 (EST)
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From: Venkat Duvvuru <venkatkumar.duvvuru@avagotech.com>
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 2015 01:40:50 +0530

> When the first request_irq fails in be_msix_register, i value
> would be zero. The current code decrements the i value and
> accesses the eq object without validating the decremented
> "i" value. This can cause an "invalid memory address access"
> violation.
> 
> This patch fixes the problem by accessing the eq object after
> validating the "i" value.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Venkat Duvvuru <venkatkumar.duvvuru@avagotech.com>

Applied, thank you.