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ixgbe: check for vfs outside of sriov_num_vfs before dereference

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The check for vfinfo is not sufficient because it does not protect
against specifying vf that is outside of sriov_num_vfs range.
All of the ndo functions have a check for it except for
ixgbevf_ndo_set_spoofcheck().

The following patch is all we need to protect against this panic:

ip link set p96p1 vf 0 spoofchk off
BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 0000000000000052
IP: [<ffffffffa044a1c1>]
ixgbe_ndo_set_vf_spoofchk+0x51/0x150 [ixgbe]

Reported-by: Thierry Herbelot <thierry.herbelot@6wind.com>
Signed-off-by: Emil Tantilov <emil.s.tantilov@intel.com>
Acked-by: Thierry Herbelot <thierry.herbelot@6wind.com>
Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com>
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Emil Tantilov 2014-10-16 15:49:02 +00:00 committed by Jeff Kirsher
parent f6b03c10a1
commit 600a507ddc
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drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_sriov.c
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@ -1261,6 +1261,9 @@ int ixgbe_ndo_set_vf_spoofchk(struct net_device *netdev, int vf, bool setting)
struct ixgbe_hw *hw = &adapter->hw;
u32 regval;
if (vf >= adapter->num_vfs)
return -EINVAL;
adapter->vfinfo[vf].spoofchk_enabled = setting;
regval = IXGBE_READ_REG(hw, IXGBE_PFVFSPOOF(vf_target_reg));