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sh_eth: fix NULL pointer dereference in sh_eth_ring_format()
authorSergei Shtylyov <sergei.shtylyov@cogentembedded.com>
Mon, 7 Mar 2016 22:36:28 +0000 (01:36 +0300)
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Wed, 20 Apr 2016 06:42:01 +0000 (15:42 +0900)
commita95fc0f757728d08acae89c6194f8ea9e89ec3fe
tree7dc4d6db4faf8a2aacf2c0f9e7b10584ef0e3934
parente8e43232627082328fa4016fab1960360360f167
sh_eth: fix NULL pointer dereference in sh_eth_ring_format()

[ Upstream commit c1b7fca65070bfadca94dd53a4e6b71cd4f69715 ]

In a low memory situation, if netdev_alloc_skb() fails on a first RX ring
loop iteration  in sh_eth_ring_format(), 'rxdesc' is still NULL.  Avoid
kernel oops by adding the 'rxdesc' check after the loop.

Reported-by: Wolfram Sang <wsa+renesas@sang-engineering.com>
Signed-off-by: Sergei Shtylyov <sergei.shtylyov@cogentembedded.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
drivers/net/ethernet/renesas/sh_eth.c