From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-9.7 required=3.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, INCLUDES_PATCH,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SIGNED_OFF_BY,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS, URIBL_BLOCKED,USER_AGENT_GIT autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C898BCA9EAF for ; Thu, 24 Oct 2019 10:32:27 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A7FC32084C for ; Thu, 24 Oct 2019 10:32:27 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S2438832AbfJXKcZ (ORCPT ); Thu, 24 Oct 2019 06:32:25 -0400 Received: from youngberry.canonical.com ([91.189.89.112]:34487 "EHLO youngberry.canonical.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S2438820AbfJXKcY (ORCPT ); Thu, 24 Oct 2019 06:32:24 -0400 Received: from 1.general.cking.uk.vpn ([10.172.193.212] helo=localhost) by youngberry.canonical.com with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.86_2) (envelope-from ) id 1iNaPj-0007Cl-6A; Thu, 24 Oct 2019 10:32:19 +0000 From: Colin King To: Andrew Lunn , Vivien Didelot , Florian Fainelli , "David S . Miller" , Jakub Kicinski , netdev@vger.kernel.org Cc: kernel-janitors@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: [PATCH][next] net: dsa: fix dereference on ds->dev before null check error Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2019 11:32:18 +0100 Message-Id: <20191024103218.2592-1-colin.king@canonical.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.20.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: netdev@vger.kernel.org From: Colin Ian King Currently ds->dev is dereferenced on the assignments of pdata and np before ds->dev is null checked, hence there is a potential null pointer dereference on ds->dev. Fix this by assigning pdata and np after the ds->dev null pointer sanity check. Addresses-Coverity: ("Dereference before null check") Fixes: 7e99e3470172 ("net: dsa: remove dsa_switch_alloc helper") Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King --- net/dsa/dsa2.c | 7 +++++-- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/net/dsa/dsa2.c b/net/dsa/dsa2.c index 1e3ac9b56c89..214dd703b0cc 100644 --- a/net/dsa/dsa2.c +++ b/net/dsa/dsa2.c @@ -842,13 +842,16 @@ static int dsa_switch_add(struct dsa_switch *ds) static int dsa_switch_probe(struct dsa_switch *ds) { - struct dsa_chip_data *pdata = ds->dev->platform_data; - struct device_node *np = ds->dev->of_node; + struct dsa_chip_data *pdata; + struct device_node *np; int err; if (!ds->dev) return -ENODEV; + pdata = ds->dev->platform_data; + np = ds->dev->of_node; + if (!ds->num_ports) return -EINVAL; -- 2.20.1