[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] raw/ntb: fix null pointer dereference

Xiaoyun Li xiaoyun.li at intel.com
Mon Aug 5 07:02:47 CEST 2019


This patch fixes null pointer dereference issues found by coverity scan.

Coverity issue: 344981, 344991, 345000, 345002, 345006, 345024
Fixes: 277310027965 ("raw/ntb: introduce NTB raw device driver")
Cc: stable at dpdk.org

Signed-off-by: Xiaoyun Li <xiaoyun.li at intel.com>
---
 drivers/raw/ntb/ntb.c | 18 +++++++++++-------
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/raw/ntb/ntb.c b/drivers/raw/ntb/ntb.c
index 4ba2f3a38..bfecce1e4 100644
--- a/drivers/raw/ntb/ntb.c
+++ b/drivers/raw/ntb/ntb.c
@@ -447,14 +447,16 @@ static int
 ntb_attr_set(struct rte_rawdev *dev, const char *attr_name,
 				 uint64_t attr_value)
 {
-	struct ntb_hw *hw = dev->dev_private;
-	int index = 0;
+	struct ntb_hw *hw;
+	int index;
 
 	if (dev == NULL || attr_name == NULL) {
 		NTB_LOG(ERR, "Invalid arguments for setting attributes");
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
+	hw = dev->dev_private;
+
 	if (!strncmp(attr_name, NTB_SPAD_USER, NTB_SPAD_USER_LEN)) {
 		if (hw->ntb_ops->spad_write == NULL)
 			return -ENOTSUP;
@@ -475,14 +477,16 @@ static int
 ntb_attr_get(struct rte_rawdev *dev, const char *attr_name,
 				 uint64_t *attr_value)
 {
-	struct ntb_hw *hw = dev->dev_private;
-	int index = 0;
+	struct ntb_hw *hw;
+	int index;
 
 	if (dev == NULL || attr_name == NULL || attr_value == NULL) {
 		NTB_LOG(ERR, "Invalid arguments for getting attributes");
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
+	hw = dev->dev_private;
+
 	if (!strncmp(attr_name, NTB_TOPO_NAME, NTB_ATTR_NAME_LEN)) {
 		*attr_value = hw->topo;
 		NTB_LOG(INFO, "Attribute (%s) Value (%" PRIu64 ")",
@@ -735,7 +739,7 @@ ntb_create(struct rte_pci_device *pci_dev, int socket_id)
 
 	if (pci_dev == NULL) {
 		NTB_LOG(ERR, "Invalid pci_dev.");
-		ret = -EINVAL;
+		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
 	memset(name, 0, sizeof(name));
@@ -750,7 +754,7 @@ ntb_create(struct rte_pci_device *pci_dev, int socket_id)
 					 socket_id);
 	if (rawdev == NULL) {
 		NTB_LOG(ERR, "Unable to allocate rawdev.");
-		ret = -EINVAL;
+		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
 	rawdev->dev_ops = &ntb_ops;
@@ -766,7 +770,7 @@ ntb_create(struct rte_pci_device *pci_dev, int socket_id)
 	return ret;
 
 fail:
-	if (rawdev)
+	if (rawdev != NULL)
 		rte_rawdev_pmd_release(rawdev);
 
 	return ret;
-- 
2.17.1



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