sh_eth: fix NULL pointer dereference in sh_eth_ring_format()
authorSergei Shtylyov <sergei.shtylyov@cogentembedded.com>
Mon, 7 Mar 2016 22:36:28 +0000 (01:36 +0300)
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Thu, 10 Mar 2016 21:06:49 +0000 (16:06 -0500)
In a low memory situation, if netdev_alloc_skb() fails on a first RX ring
loop iteration  in sh_eth_ring_format(), 'rxdesc' is still NULL.  Avoid
kernel oops by adding the 'rxdesc' check after the loop.

Reported-by: Wolfram Sang <wsa+renesas@sang-engineering.com>
Signed-off-by: Sergei Shtylyov <sergei.shtylyov@cogentembedded.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
drivers/net/ethernet/renesas/sh_eth.c

index 9c6448915b653226ad59c1ea3ac27e2937c2d417..6fb75a1d68b9cfc1550fbae9528ac50a154dbf4d 100644 (file)
@@ -1154,7 +1154,8 @@ static void sh_eth_ring_format(struct net_device *ndev)
        mdp->dirty_rx = (u32) (i - mdp->num_rx_ring);
 
        /* Mark the last entry as wrapping the ring. */
-       rxdesc->status |= cpu_to_le32(RD_RDLE);
+       if (rxdesc)
+               rxdesc->status |= cpu_to_le32(RD_RDLE);
 
        memset(mdp->tx_ring, 0, tx_ringsize);