[PATCH 3.13 241/259] bnx2x: fix possible panic under memory stress
Kamal Mostafa
kamal at canonical.com
Fri Aug 8 20:41:04 UTC 2014
3.13.11.6 -stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know.
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From: Eric Dumazet <edumazet at google.com>
[ Upstream commit 07b0f00964def8af9321cfd6c4a7e84f6362f728 ]
While it is legal to kfree(NULL), it is not wise to use :
put_page(virt_to_head_page(NULL))
BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request at ffffeba400000000
IP: [<ffffffffc01f5928>] virt_to_head_page+0x36/0x44 [bnx2x]
Reported-by: Michel Lespinasse <walken at google.com>
Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet at google.com>
Cc: Ariel Elior <ariel.elior at qlogic.com>
Fixes: d46d132cc021 ("bnx2x: use netdev_alloc_frag()")
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem at davemloft.net>
Signed-off-by: Kamal Mostafa <kamal at canonical.com>
---
drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_cmn.c | 3 ++-
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_cmn.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_cmn.c
index bf81156..db7654a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_cmn.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_cmn.c
@@ -755,7 +755,8 @@ static void bnx2x_tpa_stop(struct bnx2x *bp, struct bnx2x_fastpath *fp,
return;
}
- bnx2x_frag_free(fp, new_data);
+ if (new_data)
+ bnx2x_frag_free(fp, new_data);
drop:
/* drop the packet and keep the buffer in the bin */
DP(NETIF_MSG_RX_STATUS,
--
1.9.1
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