FAILED: patch "[PATCH] ice: Fix a null pointer dereference in" failed to apply to 5.4-stable tree

[<gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>]

The patch below does not apply to the 5.4-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>.

To reproduce the conflict and resubmit, you may use the following commands:

git fetch https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git/ linux-5.4.y
git checkout FETCH_HEAD
git cherry-pick -x 4ff12d82dac119b4b99b5a78b5af3bf2474c0a36
# <resolve conflicts, build, test, etc.>
git commit -s
git send-email --to '<stable@vger.kernel.org>' --in-reply-to '2025072801-game-appendix-1d20@gregkh' --subject-prefix 'PATCH 5.4.y' HEAD^..

Possible dependencies:



thanks,

greg k-h

------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------

From 4ff12d82dac119b4b99b5a78b5af3bf2474c0a36 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Haoxiang Li <haoxiang_li2024@163.com>
Date: Thu, 3 Jul 2025 17:52:32 +0800
Subject: [PATCH] ice: Fix a null pointer dereference in
 ice_copy_and_init_pkg()

Add check for the return value of devm_kmemdup()
to prevent potential null pointer dereference.

Fixes: c76488109616 ("ice: Implement Dynamic Device Personalization (DDP) download")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Haoxiang Li <haoxiang_li2024@163.com>
Reviewed-by: Michal Swiatkowski <michal.swiatkowski@linux.intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Aleksandr Loktionov <aleksandr.loktionov@intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>
Tested-by: Rinitha S <sx.rinitha@intel.com> (A Contingent worker at Intel)
Signed-off-by: Tony Nguyen <anthony.l.nguyen@intel.com>

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_ddp.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_ddp.c
index 59323c019544..351824dc3c62 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_ddp.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_ddp.c
@@ -2301,6 +2301,8 @@ enum ice_ddp_state ice_copy_and_init_pkg(struct ice_hw *hw, const u8 *buf,
 		return ICE_DDP_PKG_ERR;
 
 	buf_copy = devm_kmemdup(ice_hw_to_dev(hw), buf, len, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!buf_copy)
+		return ICE_DDP_PKG_ERR;
 
 	state = ice_init_pkg(hw, buf_copy, len);
 	if (!ice_is_init_pkg_successful(state)) {