From: <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: dledford@redhat.com
Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: FAILED: patch "[PATCH] IB/core: Fix oops in ib_cache_gid_set_default_gid" failed to apply to 4.4-stable tree
Date: Sun, 01 May 2016 16:25:37 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <146214513775141@kroah.com> (raw)
The patch below does not apply to the 4.4-stable tree.
If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm
tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit
id to <stable@vger.kernel.org>.
thanks,
greg k-h
------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------
>From f4e7de63ab273b6a5e35c82eb4fc6363c855ddd4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Doug Ledford <dledford@redhat.com>
Date: Fri, 22 Apr 2016 20:14:58 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] IB/core: Fix oops in ib_cache_gid_set_default_gid
When we fail to find the default gid index, we can't continue
processing in this routine or else we will pass a negative
index to later routines resulting in invalid memory access
attempts and a kernel oops.
Fixes: 03db3a2d81e6 (IB/core: Add RoCE GID table management)
Signed-off-by: Doug Ledford <dledford@redhat.com>
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/core/cache.c b/drivers/infiniband/core/cache.c
index cb00d59da456..c2e257d97eff 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/core/cache.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/core/cache.c
@@ -691,7 +691,8 @@ void ib_cache_gid_set_default_gid(struct ib_device *ib_dev, u8 port,
NULL);
/* Coudn't find default GID location */
- WARN_ON(ix < 0);
+ if (WARN_ON(ix < 0))
+ goto release;
zattr_type.gid_type = gid_type;
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