Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 29 Nov 2022 21:23:07 -0800 | From | Jakub Kicinski <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] liquidio: avoid NULL pointer dereference in lio_vf_rep_copy_packet() |
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On Mon, 28 Nov 2022 13:26:59 +0300 Aleksandr Burakov wrote: > --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/lio_vf_rep.c > +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/lio_vf_rep.c > @@ -272,13 +272,12 @@ lio_vf_rep_copy_packet(struct octeon_device *oct, > pg_info->page_offset; > memcpy(skb->data, va, MIN_SKB_SIZE); > skb_put(skb, MIN_SKB_SIZE); > + skb_add_rx_frag(skb, skb_shinfo(skb)->nr_frags, > + pg_info->page, > + pg_info->page_offset + MIN_SKB_SIZE, > + len - MIN_SKB_SIZE, > + LIO_RXBUFFER_SZ); > } > - > - skb_add_rx_frag(skb, skb_shinfo(skb)->nr_frags, > - pg_info->page, > - pg_info->page_offset + MIN_SKB_SIZE, > - len - MIN_SKB_SIZE, > - LIO_RXBUFFER_SZ); > } else { > struct octeon_skb_page_info *pg_info = > ((struct octeon_skb_page_info *)(skb->cb));
The else branch also looks at pg_info and derefs page like there's no tomorrow. You need to put a bit more effort into the analysis.
Marvell people please chime in and tell us what the intention is here. Whether page can be NULL here or this is defensive programming and can be dropped.
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