From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mga05.intel.com (mga05.intel.com [192.55.52.43]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 944097CDE; Fri, 22 Sep 2017 14:39:13 +0200 (CEST) Received: from fmsmga001.fm.intel.com ([10.253.24.23]) by fmsmga105.fm.intel.com with ESMTP; 22 Sep 2017 05:39:12 -0700 X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.42,427,1500966000"; d="scan'208";a="1197955663" Received: from unknown ([10.103.102.61]) by fmsmga001.fm.intel.com with SMTP; 22 Sep 2017 05:39:09 -0700 Received: by (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Fri, 22 Sep 2017 14:39:09 +0200 From: Michal Jastrzebski To: skhare@vmware.com Cc: dev@dpdk.org, deepak.k.jain@intel.com, Tomasz Kulasek , yongwang@vmware.com, stable@dpdk.org Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2017 14:39:06 +0200 Message-Id: <20170922123906.13308-1-michalx.k.jastrzebski@intel.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.12.2 Subject: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] net/vmxnet3: fix dereference before null check X-BeenThere: dev@dpdk.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: DPDK patches and discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2017 12:39:14 -0000 From: Tomasz Kulasek Coverity error: check_after_deref: Null-checking rq suggests that it may be null, but it has already been dereferenced on all paths leading to the check. This patch moves NULL checking of "rq" at the very beginning of the path before any dereference. Coverity issue: 143468 Fixes: 5aecdc17a97d ("vmxnet3: fix stop/restart") Cc: yongwang@vmware.com Cc: stable@dpdk.org Signed-off-by: Tomasz Kulasek --- drivers/net/vmxnet3/vmxnet3_rxtx.c | 17 ++++++++--------- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/vmxnet3/vmxnet3_rxtx.c b/drivers/net/vmxnet3/vmxnet3_rxtx.c index d9cf437..4fcceb4 100644 --- a/drivers/net/vmxnet3/vmxnet3_rxtx.c +++ b/drivers/net/vmxnet3/vmxnet3_rxtx.c @@ -259,17 +259,16 @@ { int i; vmxnet3_rx_queue_t *rq = rxq; - struct vmxnet3_hw *hw = rq->hw; struct vmxnet3_cmd_ring *ring0, *ring1; struct vmxnet3_comp_ring *comp_ring; - struct vmxnet3_rx_data_ring *data_ring = &rq->data_ring; int size; - if (rq != NULL) { - /* Release both the cmd_rings mbufs */ - for (i = 0; i < VMXNET3_RX_CMDRING_SIZE; i++) - vmxnet3_rx_cmd_ring_release_mbufs(&rq->cmd_ring[i]); - } + if (rq == NULL) + return; + + /* Release both the cmd_rings mbufs */ + for (i = 0; i < VMXNET3_RX_CMDRING_SIZE; i++) + vmxnet3_rx_cmd_ring_release_mbufs(&rq->cmd_ring[i]); ring0 = &rq->cmd_ring[0]; ring1 = &rq->cmd_ring[1]; @@ -287,8 +286,8 @@ size = sizeof(struct Vmxnet3_RxDesc) * (ring0->size + ring1->size); size += sizeof(struct Vmxnet3_RxCompDesc) * comp_ring->size; - if (VMXNET3_VERSION_GE_3(hw) && rq->data_desc_size) - size += rq->data_desc_size * data_ring->size; + if (VMXNET3_VERSION_GE_3(rq->hw) && rq->data_desc_size) + size += rq->data_desc_size * rq->data_ring.size; memset(ring0->base, 0, size); } -- 1.9.1