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Subject[PATCH 1/2] net: nixge: Fix error path for obtaining mac address
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Fix issue where nixge_get_nvmem_address() returns a non-NULL
return value on a failed nvmem_cell_get() that causes an invalid
access when error value encoded in pointer is dereferenced.

Furthermore ensure that buffer allocated by nvmem_cell_read()
actually gets kfreed() if the function succeeds.

Fixes commit 492caffa8a1a ("net: ethernet: nixge: Add support for
National Instruments XGE netdev")
Reported-by: Alex Williams <alex.williams@ni.com>
Signed-off-by: Moritz Fischer <mdf@kernel.org>
---
drivers/net/ethernet/ni/nixge.c | 8 +++++---
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/ni/nixge.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/ni/nixge.c
index 27364b7572fc..c41fea9253e3 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/ni/nixge.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/ni/nixge.c
@@ -1170,7 +1170,7 @@ static void *nixge_get_nvmem_address(struct device *dev)

cell = nvmem_cell_get(dev, "address");
if (IS_ERR(cell))
- return cell;
+ return NULL;

mac = nvmem_cell_read(cell, &cell_size);
nvmem_cell_put(cell);
@@ -1202,10 +1202,12 @@ static int nixge_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
ndev->max_mtu = NIXGE_JUMBO_MTU;

mac_addr = nixge_get_nvmem_address(&pdev->dev);
- if (mac_addr && is_valid_ether_addr(mac_addr))
+ if (mac_addr && is_valid_ether_addr(mac_addr)) {
ether_addr_copy(ndev->dev_addr, mac_addr);
- else
+ kfree(mac_addr);
+ } else {
eth_hw_addr_random(ndev);
+ }

priv = netdev_priv(ndev);
priv->ndev = ndev;
--
2.17.0
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