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From: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] net: thunderx: fix NULL pointer dereference in
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Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2018 16:19:16 -0800 (PST)
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From: Lorenzo Bianconi <lorenzo.bianconi@redhat.com>
Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2018 15:07:16 +0100

> Fix a possible NULL pointer dereference in nic_remove routine
> removing the nicpf module if nic_probe fails.
> The issue can be triggered with the following reproducer:
> 
> $rmmod nicvf
> $rmmod nicpf
> 
> [  521.412008] Unable to handle kernel access to user memory outside uaccess routines at virtual address 0000000000000014
 ...
> Fixes: 4863dea3fab0 ("net: Adding support for Cavium ThunderX network controller")
> Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Bianconi <lorenzo.bianconi@redhat.com>

Applied.