3.16.37-rc1 review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know.
------------------ From: Tariq Toukan <tar...@mellanox.com> commit 2bb07e155bb3e0c722c806723f737cf8020961ef upstream. Prevent using uninitialized or negative index when handling steering entries. Fixes: b12d93d63c32 ('mlx4: Add support for promiscuous mode in the new steering model.') Signed-off-by: Tariq Toukan <tar...@mellanox.com> Reported-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpen...@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <da...@davemloft.net> Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <b...@decadent.org.uk> --- drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/mcg.c | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/mcg.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/mcg.c @@ -953,7 +953,7 @@ int mlx4_qp_attach_common(struct mlx4_de struct mlx4_cmd_mailbox *mailbox; struct mlx4_mgm *mgm; u32 members_count; - int index, prev; + int index = -1, prev; int link = 0; int i; int err; @@ -1032,7 +1032,7 @@ int mlx4_qp_attach_common(struct mlx4_de goto out; out: - if (prot == MLX4_PROT_ETH) { + if (prot == MLX4_PROT_ETH && index != -1) { /* manage the steering entry for promisc mode */ if (new_entry) new_steering_entry(dev, port, steer, index, qp->qpn);