From e497ec680c4cd51e76bfcdd49363d9ab8d32a757 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Talat Batheesh Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2017 16:13:41 +0300 Subject: [PATCH] net/mlx5: Avoid dereferencing uninitialized pointer In NETDEV_CHANGEUPPER event the upper_info field is valid only when linking is true. Otherwise it should be ignored. Fixes: 7907f23adc18 (net/mlx5: Implement RoCE LAG feature) Signed-off-by: Talat Batheesh Reviewed-by: Aviv Heller Reviewed-by: Moni Shoua Signed-off-by: Saeed Mahameed Signed-off-by: David S. Miller --- drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/lag.c | 5 +++-- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/lag.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/lag.c index 55957246c0e8..b5d5519542e8 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/lag.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/lag.c @@ -294,7 +294,7 @@ static int mlx5_handle_changeupper_event(struct mlx5_lag *ldev, struct netdev_notifier_changeupper_info *info) { struct net_device *upper = info->upper_dev, *ndev_tmp; - struct netdev_lag_upper_info *lag_upper_info; + struct netdev_lag_upper_info *lag_upper_info = NULL; bool is_bonded; int bond_status = 0; int num_slaves = 0; @@ -303,7 +303,8 @@ static int mlx5_handle_changeupper_event(struct mlx5_lag *ldev, if (!netif_is_lag_master(upper)) return 0; - lag_upper_info = info->upper_info; + if (info->linking) + lag_upper_info = info->upper_info; /* The event may still be of interest if the slave does not belong to * us, but is enslaved to a master which has one or more of our netdevs -- 2.20.1