net/mlx5e: Fix NULL deref in mlx5e_tir_builder_alloc()

In mlx5e_tir_builder_alloc() kvzalloc() may return NULL
which is dereferenced on the next line in a reference
to the modify field.

Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE.

Fixes: a6696735d694 ("net/mlx5e: Convert TIR to a dedicated object")
Signed-off-by: Elena Salomatkina <esalomatkina@ispras.ru>
Reviewed-by: Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Kalesh AP <kalesh-anakkur.purayil@broadcom.com>
Reviewed-by: Tariq Toukan <tariqt@nvidia.com>
Reviewed-by: Gal Pressman <gal@nvidia.com>
Signed-off-by: Saeed Mahameed <saeedm@nvidia.com>

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/tir.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/tir.c
index d4239e3b3c88efcc2ed0b5f0d84eb82285032b20..11f724ad90dbfb2e7264941c6ee009b80ec1630e 100644 (file)
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/tir.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en/tir.c
@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@ struct mlx5e_tir_builder *mlx5e_tir_builder_alloc(bool modify)
        struct mlx5e_tir_builder *builder;
 
        builder = kvzalloc(sizeof(*builder), GFP_KERNEL);
+       if (!builder)
+               return NULL;
+
        builder->modify = modify;
 
        return builder;