[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] app/testpmd: fix NULL pointer dereferencing issue

[Iremonger, Bernard]

Hi Kalesh,

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kalesh A P <kalesh-anakkur.purayil at broadcom.com>
> Sent: Thursday, May 7, 2020 10:08 AM
> To: dev at dpdk.org
> Cc: Yigit, Ferruh <ferruh.yigit at intel.com>; Xing, Beilei
> <beilei.xing at intel.com>; Wu, Jingjing <jingjing.wu at intel.com>; Iremonger,
> Bernard <bernard.iremonger at intel.com>
> Subject: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] app/testpmd: fix NULL pointer dereferencing
> issue
> 
> From: Kalesh AP <kalesh-anakkur.purayil at broadcom.com>
> 
> Note that the issue was observed in an internal Coverity scan.
> 
> Fixes: e088907bb851 ("app/testpmd: add command for getting loaded DDP
> profiles")
> Cc: stable at dpdk.org
> 
> Signed-off-by: Kalesh AP <kalesh-anakkur.purayil at broadcom.com>
> ---
>  app/test-pmd/cmdline.c | 4 +++-
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/app/test-pmd/cmdline.c b/app/test-pmd/cmdline.c index
> b040630..996a498 100644
> --- a/app/test-pmd/cmdline.c
> +++ b/app/test-pmd/cmdline.c
> @@ -16891,8 +16891,10 @@ cmd_ddp_get_list_parsed(  #ifdef
> RTE_LIBRTE_I40E_PMD
>  	size = PROFILE_INFO_SIZE * MAX_PROFILE_NUM + 4;
>  	p_list = (struct rte_pmd_i40e_profile_list *)malloc(size);
> -	if (!p_list)
> +	if (!p_list) {
>  		printf("%s: Failed to malloc buffer\n", __func__);
> +		return;
> +	}
> 
>  	if (ret == -ENOTSUP)
>  		ret = rte_pmd_i40e_get_ddp_list(res->port_id,
> --
> 2.10.1

./devtools/check-git-log.sh -1
Wrong headline case:
"app/testpmd: fix NULL pointer dereferencing issue": NULL --> null
Missing 'Coverity issue:' tag:
        app/testpmd: fix NULL pointer dereferencing issue

Regards,

Bernard.