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net: ethernet/mellanox: fix dereference before null check

Message ID 20220930114335.608894-1-praghadeeshthevendria@gmail.com (mailing list archive)
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Series net: ethernet/mellanox: fix dereference before null check | expand

Commit Message

Praghadeesh T K S Sept. 30, 2022, 11:43 a.m. UTC
net: ethernet/mellanox: fix dereference before null check
macsec dereferenced before null check
bug identified by coverity's linux-next weekly scan
Coverity CID No: 1525317

Signed-off-by: Praghadeesh T K S <praghadeeshthevendria@gmail.com>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_accel/macsec.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

Comments

Greg Kroah-Hartman Sept. 30, 2022, 12:01 p.m. UTC | #1
On Fri, Sep 30, 2022 at 05:13:35PM +0530, Praghadeesh T K S wrote:
> net: ethernet/mellanox: fix dereference before null check
> macsec dereferenced before null check
> bug identified by coverity's linux-next weekly scan
> Coverity CID No: 1525317
> 
> Signed-off-by: Praghadeesh T K S <praghadeeshthevendria@gmail.com>
> ---
>  drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_accel/macsec.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_accel/macsec.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_accel/macsec.c
> index 5da746d..e822c2a 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_accel/macsec.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_accel/macsec.c
> @@ -1846,11 +1846,11 @@ int mlx5e_macsec_init(struct mlx5e_priv *priv)
>  void mlx5e_macsec_cleanup(struct mlx5e_priv *priv)
>  {
>  	struct mlx5e_macsec *macsec = priv->macsec;
> -	struct mlx5_core_dev *mdev = macsec->mdev;
>  
>  	if (!macsec)
>  		return;
>  
> +	struct mlx5_core_dev *mdev = macsec->mdev;
>  	mlx5_notifier_unregister(mdev, &macsec->nb);
>  
>  	mlx5e_macsec_fs_cleanup(macsec->macsec_fs);

Always test-build your changes before you get a grumpy maintainer asking
why you didn't test-build your changes...

Also, the original code is just fine, Coverity is wrong here, don't you
think?  Look at the output of what the code is doing please...

thanks,

greg k-h
kernel test robot Sept. 30, 2022, 3:52 p.m. UTC | #2
Hi Praghadeesh,

Thank you for the patch! Perhaps something to improve:

[auto build test WARNING on net-next/master]
[also build test WARNING on next-20220929]
[cannot apply to net/master linus/master v6.0-rc7]
[If your patch is applied to the wrong git tree, kindly drop us a note.
And when submitting patch, we suggest to use '--base' as documented in
https://git-scm.com/docs/git-format-patch#_base_tree_information]

url:    https://github.com/intel-lab-lkp/linux/commits/Praghadeesh-T-K-S/net-ethernet-mellanox-fix-dereference-before-null-check/20220930-194848
base:   https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next.git 10c2aba89cc0535b23ebc795f44b8b8b16785ec9
config: s390-allyesconfig
compiler: s390-linux-gcc (GCC) 12.1.0
reproduce (this is a W=1 build):
        wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/intel/lkp-tests/master/sbin/make.cross -O ~/bin/make.cross
        chmod +x ~/bin/make.cross
        # https://github.com/intel-lab-lkp/linux/commit/b435d653648a9712105eb8d3c65fb3a0b301ab0e
        git remote add linux-review https://github.com/intel-lab-lkp/linux
        git fetch --no-tags linux-review Praghadeesh-T-K-S/net-ethernet-mellanox-fix-dereference-before-null-check/20220930-194848
        git checkout b435d653648a9712105eb8d3c65fb3a0b301ab0e
        # save the config file
        mkdir build_dir && cp config build_dir/.config
        COMPILER_INSTALL_PATH=$HOME/0day COMPILER=gcc-12.1.0 make.cross W=1 O=build_dir ARCH=s390 SHELL=/bin/bash drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/

If you fix the issue, kindly add following tag where applicable
| Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@intel.com>

All warnings (new ones prefixed by >>):

   drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_accel/macsec.c: In function 'mlx5e_macsec_cleanup':
>> drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_accel/macsec.c:1853:9: warning: ISO C90 forbids mixed declarations and code [-Wdeclaration-after-statement]
    1853 |         struct mlx5_core_dev *mdev = macsec->mdev;
         |         ^~~~~~


vim +1853 drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_accel/macsec.c

  1845	
  1846	void mlx5e_macsec_cleanup(struct mlx5e_priv *priv)
  1847	{
  1848		struct mlx5e_macsec *macsec = priv->macsec;
  1849	
  1850		if (!macsec)
  1851			return;
  1852	
> 1853		struct mlx5_core_dev *mdev = macsec->mdev;
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Patch

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_accel/macsec.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_accel/macsec.c
index 5da746d..e822c2a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_accel/macsec.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_accel/macsec.c
@@ -1846,11 +1846,11 @@  int mlx5e_macsec_init(struct mlx5e_priv *priv)
 void mlx5e_macsec_cleanup(struct mlx5e_priv *priv)
 {
 	struct mlx5e_macsec *macsec = priv->macsec;
-	struct mlx5_core_dev *mdev = macsec->mdev;
 
 	if (!macsec)
 		return;
 
+	struct mlx5_core_dev *mdev = macsec->mdev;
 	mlx5_notifier_unregister(mdev, &macsec->nb);
 
 	mlx5e_macsec_fs_cleanup(macsec->macsec_fs);