[ Upstream commit 5bf7295fe34a5251b1d241b9736af4697b590670 ]
netdev_alloc_skb can fail and return a NULL pointer which is
dereferenced without a check. The patch avoids such a scenario.
Signed-off-by: Aditya Pakki <pakki...@umn.edu>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <da...@davemloft.net>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin (Microsoft) <sas...@kernel.org>
---
drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qlcnic/qlcnic_ethtool.c | 2 ++
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qlcnic/qlcnic_ethtool.c
b/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qlcnic/qlcnic_ethtool.c
index 7f7deeaf1cf0..da042bc520d4 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qlcnic/qlcnic_ethtool.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qlcnic/qlcnic_ethtool.c
@@ -1047,6 +1047,8 @@ int qlcnic_do_lb_test(struct qlcnic_adapter *adapter, u8
mode)
for (i = 0; i < QLCNIC_NUM_ILB_PKT; i++) {
skb = netdev_alloc_skb(adapter->netdev, QLCNIC_ILB_PKT_SIZE);
+ if (!skb)
+ break;
qlcnic_create_loopback_buff(skb->data, adapter->mac_addr);
skb_put(skb, QLCNIC_ILB_PKT_SIZE);
adapter->ahw->diag_cnt = 0;
--
2.19.1
