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net: dsa: b53: Fix dereference of null dev

Message ID 20210612144407.60259-1-colin.king@canonical.com
State New
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Series net: dsa: b53: Fix dereference of null dev | expand

Commit Message

Colin King June 12, 2021, 2:44 p.m. UTC
From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@canonical.com>

Currently pointer priv is dereferencing dev before dev is being null
checked so a potential null pointer dereference can occur. Fix this
by only assigning and using priv if dev is not-null.

Addresses-Coverity: ("Dereference before null check")
Fixes: 16994374a6fc ("net: dsa: b53: Make SRAB driver manage port interrupts")
Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@canonical.com>
---
 drivers/net/dsa/b53/b53_srab.c | 8 +++++---
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

Comments

Dan Carpenter June 14, 2021, 11:28 a.m. UTC | #1
On Sat, Jun 12, 2021 at 03:44:07PM +0100, Colin King wrote:
> From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@canonical.com>

> 

> Currently pointer priv is dereferencing dev before dev is being null

> checked so a potential null pointer dereference can occur. Fix this

> by only assigning and using priv if dev is not-null.

> 

> Addresses-Coverity: ("Dereference before null check")

> Fixes: 16994374a6fc ("net: dsa: b53: Make SRAB driver manage port interrupts")

> Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@canonical.com>

> ---

>  drivers/net/dsa/b53/b53_srab.c | 8 +++++---

>  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

> 

> diff --git a/drivers/net/dsa/b53/b53_srab.c b/drivers/net/dsa/b53/b53_srab.c

> index aaa12d73784e..e77ac598f859 100644

> --- a/drivers/net/dsa/b53/b53_srab.c

> +++ b/drivers/net/dsa/b53/b53_srab.c

> @@ -629,11 +629,13 @@ static int b53_srab_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)

>  static int b53_srab_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)

>  {

>  	struct b53_device *dev = platform_get_drvdata(pdev);

> -	struct b53_srab_priv *priv = dev->priv;

>  

> -	b53_srab_intr_set(priv, false);

> -	if (dev)

> +	if (dev) {


This is the remove function and "dev" can't be NULL at this point.
Better to just remove the NULL check.

regards,
dan carpenter
Colin King June 15, 2021, 8:33 a.m. UTC | #2
On 14/06/2021 12:28, Dan Carpenter wrote:
> On Sat, Jun 12, 2021 at 03:44:07PM +0100, Colin King wrote:

>> From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@canonical.com>

>>

>> Currently pointer priv is dereferencing dev before dev is being null

>> checked so a potential null pointer dereference can occur. Fix this

>> by only assigning and using priv if dev is not-null.

>>

>> Addresses-Coverity: ("Dereference before null check")

>> Fixes: 16994374a6fc ("net: dsa: b53: Make SRAB driver manage port interrupts")

>> Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@canonical.com>

>> ---

>>  drivers/net/dsa/b53/b53_srab.c | 8 +++++---

>>  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

>>

>> diff --git a/drivers/net/dsa/b53/b53_srab.c b/drivers/net/dsa/b53/b53_srab.c

>> index aaa12d73784e..e77ac598f859 100644

>> --- a/drivers/net/dsa/b53/b53_srab.c

>> +++ b/drivers/net/dsa/b53/b53_srab.c

>> @@ -629,11 +629,13 @@ static int b53_srab_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)

>>  static int b53_srab_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)

>>  {

>>  	struct b53_device *dev = platform_get_drvdata(pdev);

>> -	struct b53_srab_priv *priv = dev->priv;

>>  

>> -	b53_srab_intr_set(priv, false);

>> -	if (dev)

>> +	if (dev) {

> 

> This is the remove function and "dev" can't be NULL at this point.

> Better to just remove the NULL check.


Will do.

> 

> regards,

> dan carpenter

>
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diff --git a/drivers/net/dsa/b53/b53_srab.c b/drivers/net/dsa/b53/b53_srab.c
index aaa12d73784e..e77ac598f859 100644
--- a/drivers/net/dsa/b53/b53_srab.c
+++ b/drivers/net/dsa/b53/b53_srab.c
@@ -629,11 +629,13 @@  static int b53_srab_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 static int b53_srab_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
 {
 	struct b53_device *dev = platform_get_drvdata(pdev);
-	struct b53_srab_priv *priv = dev->priv;
 
-	b53_srab_intr_set(priv, false);
-	if (dev)
+	if (dev) {
+		struct b53_srab_priv *priv = dev->priv;
+
+		b53_srab_intr_set(priv, false);
 		b53_switch_remove(dev);
+	}
 
 	return 0;
 }