[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] test/crypto: fix null dereference for crypto op

[Akhil Goyal]

> > Subject: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] test/crypto: fix null dereference for crypto op
> >
> > In two test cases, the op value is set by the return of the
> > process_crypto_request function, which may be NULL. The op->status
> > value was checked afterwards, which was causing a dereference issue.
> >
> > To fix this, a temporary op variable is used to hold the return
> > from the process_crypto_request function, so the original op->status
> > can be checked after the possible NULL return value.
> > The original op value is then set to hold the temporary op value.
> >
> > Coverity issue: 363465
> > Coverity issue: 363452
> > Fixes: 4868f6591c6f ("test/crypto: add cases for raw datapath API")
> > Cc: roy.fan.zhang at intel.com
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Ciara Power <ciara.power at intel.com>
> > ---
> >  app/test/test_cryptodev.c | 14 ++++++++------
> >  1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/app/test/test_cryptodev.c b/app/test/test_cryptodev.c
> > index 0fed124d3a..ce8bcd1d4f 100644
> > --- a/app/test/test_cryptodev.c
> > +++ b/app/test/test_cryptodev.c
> > @@ -6676,6 +6676,7 @@ test_mixed_auth_cipher(const struct
> > mixed_cipher_auth_test_data *tdata,
> >  	unsigned int ciphertext_len;
> >
> >  	struct rte_cryptodev_info dev_info;
> > +	struct rte_crypto_op *op;
> >
> >  	/* Check if device supports particular algorithms separately */
> >  	if (test_mixed_check_if_unsupported(tdata))
> > @@ -6771,17 +6772,17 @@ test_mixed_auth_cipher(const struct
> > mixed_cipher_auth_test_data *tdata,
> >  	if (retval < 0)
> >  		return retval;
> >
> > -	ut_params->op = process_crypto_request(ts_params->valid_devs[0],
> > -			ut_params->op);
> > +	op = process_crypto_request(ts_params->valid_devs[0], ut_params-
> > >op);
> >
> >  	/* Check if the op failed because the device doesn't */
> >  	/* support this particular combination of algorithms */
> > -	if (ut_params->op == NULL && ut_params->op->status ==
> > +	if (op == NULL && ut_params->op->status ==
> >  			RTE_CRYPTO_OP_STATUS_INVALID_SESSION) {
> >  		printf("Device doesn't support this mixed combination. "
> >  				"Test Skipped.\n");
> >  		return -ENOTSUP;
> >  	}
> 
> I believe the original check was also good. But instead of
> if (ut_params->op == NULL && ut_params->op->status ==
> RTE_CRYPTO_OP_STATUS_INVALID_SESSION)
> it should be
> if (ut_params->op == NULL || ut_params->op->status ==
> RTE_CRYPTO_OP_STATUS_INVALID_SESSION)
> 
> In this way the coverity should not raise an issue for this. What say?
> 

Please disregard my comment. The patch is good.
Acked-by: Akhil Goyal <akhil.goyal at nxp.com>

Applied to dpdk-next-crypto

Thanks.