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SubjectRe: [PATCH] net/mlx5e/core/en_fs: fix pointer dereference after free in mlx5e_execute_l2_action
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From: "Gustavo A. R. Silva" <garsilva@embeddedor.com>
Date: Sat, 4 Nov 2017 22:54:53 -0500

> hn is being kfree'd in mlx5e_del_l2_from_hash and then dereferenced
> by accessing hn->ai.addr
>
> Fix this by copying the MAC address into a local variable for its safe use
> in all possible execution paths within function mlx5e_execute_l2_action.
>
> Addresses-Coverity-ID: 1417789
> Fixes: eeb66cdb6826 ("net/mlx5: Separate between E-Switch and MPFS")
> Signed-off-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva <garsilva@embeddedor.com>

Applied and queued up for -stable, thanks.

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