From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from smtp.kernel.org (aws-us-west-2-korg-mail-1.web.codeaurora.org [10.30.226.201]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id D4E992C11FD; Wed, 28 Jan 2026 15:47:18 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=10.30.226.201 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1769615238; cv=none; b=lLsh6v5QuIihu+h2q9+NjkN7MUXjK2rnEchSRMwUSrZS2Au7wrhn35HZ+nptrKKYQUifmy/8YY5lRQoUvPz+cXCeXpFq455cQKcWYVy69AJziV0/XMJTZ6L8npSoyGS3lXuWHdxMRkFdmfITxeVreyxbpiMeuAf08pDeYMsC77E= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1769615238; c=relaxed/simple; bh=HEp0tmb9b+RMXn48eQJuMjBQVODDwfrBIBxh2r3j9H8=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:Date:Message-ID:In-Reply-To:References: MIME-Version; b=jNX/JnEExfmFvS9hL1iCiXkBBp1g3/c+ee3j3Mqs5QkT94ifTRpl1EeNFZAvbrC1NclECj1wQxA2Zhkh+HQzC3l8O7cIVrH6zUaQbc4V1twHBpO4X6y6aUbiHB5i6gUjXSFHy0NWS/RH+0ZSA4r39wu/P/Pg2AawgCO2s07YaQU= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=linuxfoundation.org header.i=@linuxfoundation.org header.b=HsmtB6ma; arc=none smtp.client-ip=10.30.226.201 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=linuxfoundation.org header.i=@linuxfoundation.org header.b="HsmtB6ma" Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id EB5D1C4CEF1; Wed, 28 Jan 2026 15:47:17 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=linuxfoundation.org; s=korg; t=1769615238; bh=HEp0tmb9b+RMXn48eQJuMjBQVODDwfrBIBxh2r3j9H8=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:Date:In-Reply-To:References:From; b=HsmtB6maNy8jMDA67ZOTMRWWMNEGo+ENA1kDaHpxHL9+NssA7wjYOgPJrECzsbE1j Q5Fd3CRFgsdbX1nFclZa2m9gXXKJajdNgXUxrukGH20Xhr+OOQv83zH/n1jaiq2UJP r8+yRRC8ft5lI3bBd+2LflxnzSROCwroQuCB5WWw= From: Greg Kroah-Hartman To: stable@vger.kernel.org Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman , patches@lists.linux.dev, Andrey Vatoropin , Jakub Kicinski , Sasha Levin Subject: [PATCH 6.12 087/169] be2net: Fix NULL pointer dereference in be_cmd_get_mac_from_list Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2026 16:22:50 +0100 Message-ID: <20260128145337.138040844@linuxfoundation.org> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.52.0 In-Reply-To: <20260128145334.006287341@linuxfoundation.org> References: <20260128145334.006287341@linuxfoundation.org> User-Agent: quilt/0.69 X-stable: review X-Patchwork-Hint: ignore Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: stable@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit 6.12-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. ------------------ From: Andrey Vatoropin [ Upstream commit 8215794403d264739cc676668087512950b2ff31 ] When the parameter pmac_id_valid argument of be_cmd_get_mac_from_list() is set to false, the driver may request the PMAC_ID from the firmware of the network card, and this function will store that PMAC_ID at the provided address pmac_id. This is the contract of this function. However, there is a location within the driver where both pmac_id_valid == false and pmac_id == NULL are being passed. This could result in dereferencing a NULL pointer. To resolve this issue, it is necessary to pass the address of a stub variable to the function. Fixes: 95046b927a54 ("be2net: refactor MAC-addr setup code") Signed-off-by: Andrey Vatoropin Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260120113734.20193-1-a.vatoropin@crpt.ru Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin --- drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_cmds.c | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_cmds.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_cmds.c index 779f1324bb5f8..0cda78b78fb87 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_cmds.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_cmds.c @@ -3797,6 +3797,7 @@ int be_cmd_get_perm_mac(struct be_adapter *adapter, u8 *mac) { int status; bool pmac_valid = false; + u32 pmac_id; eth_zero_addr(mac); @@ -3809,7 +3810,7 @@ int be_cmd_get_perm_mac(struct be_adapter *adapter, u8 *mac) adapter->if_handle, 0); } else { status = be_cmd_get_mac_from_list(adapter, mac, &pmac_valid, - NULL, adapter->if_handle, 0); + &pmac_id, adapter->if_handle, 0); } return status; -- 2.51.0