From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Miller Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: cavium: fix NULL pointer dereference in cavium_ptp_put Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2018 14:39:04 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <20180212.143904.1678683888588104316.davem@davemloft.net> References: <20180212172011.28854-1-jglauber@cavium.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, rad@semihalf.com, aleksey.makarov@cavium.com To: jglauber@cavium.com Return-path: Received: from shards.monkeyblade.net ([184.105.139.130]:57110 "EHLO shards.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750996AbeBLTjF (ORCPT ); Mon, 12 Feb 2018 14:39:05 -0500 In-Reply-To: <20180212172011.28854-1-jglauber@cavium.com> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: From: Jan Glauber Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2018 18:20:11 +0100 > Prevent a kernel panic on reboot if ptp_clock is NULL by checking > the ptp pointer before using it. > > Signed-off-by: Jan Glauber > Fixes: 8c56df372bc1 ("net: add support for Cavium PTP coprocessor") Applied, thank you.