From f711756a98f5b37b142150ee06c94296dec5d54f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: stephen hemminger Date: Tue, 17 Nov 2015 14:26:06 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] hdlc: fix null-deref on allocation failure If alloc_netdev() failed and return NULL, then the next instruction would dereference it. Found by Coverity. Compile tested only. Not sure if anyone still uses this driver (or the whole WAN subsystem). Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger Signed-off-by: David S. Miller --- drivers/net/wan/hdlc_fr.c | 10 +++++----- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/wan/hdlc_fr.c b/drivers/net/wan/hdlc_fr.c index e92aaf6159010..89541cc90e877 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wan/hdlc_fr.c +++ b/drivers/net/wan/hdlc_fr.c @@ -1075,11 +1075,10 @@ static int fr_add_pvc(struct net_device *frad, unsigned int dlci, int type) used = pvc_is_used(pvc); - if (type == ARPHRD_ETHER) { + if (type == ARPHRD_ETHER) dev = alloc_netdev(0, "pvceth%d", NET_NAME_UNKNOWN, ether_setup); - dev->priv_flags &= ~IFF_TX_SKB_SHARING; - } else + else dev = alloc_netdev(0, "pvc%d", NET_NAME_UNKNOWN, pvc_setup); if (!dev) { @@ -1088,9 +1087,10 @@ static int fr_add_pvc(struct net_device *frad, unsigned int dlci, int type) return -ENOBUFS; } - if (type == ARPHRD_ETHER) + if (type == ARPHRD_ETHER) { + dev->priv_flags &= ~IFF_TX_SKB_SHARING; eth_hw_addr_random(dev); - else { + } else { *(__be16*)dev->dev_addr = htons(dlci); dlci_to_q922(dev->broadcast, dlci); } -- 2.39.5