From bb9bb6bfd1c37b1c0786248c2785536146603fa8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jiri Pirko <jiri@nvidia.com> Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2023 08:58:30 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] devlink: don't work with possible NULL pointer in devlink_param_unregister() There is a WARN_ON checking the param_item for being NULL when the param is not inserted in the list. That indicates a driver BUG. Instead of continuing to work with NULL pointer with its consequences, return. Signed-off-by: Jiri Pirko <jiri@nvidia.com> Reviewed-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org> Reviewed-by: Jacob Keller <jacob.e.keller@intel.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> --- net/devlink/leftover.c | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/net/devlink/leftover.c b/net/devlink/leftover.c index b1216b8f0acca..fca2b66613629 100644 --- a/net/devlink/leftover.c +++ b/net/devlink/leftover.c @@ -10824,7 +10824,8 @@ static void devlink_param_unregister(struct devlink *devlink, param_item = devlink_param_find_by_name(&devlink->param_list, param->name); - WARN_ON(!param_item); + if (WARN_ON(!param_item)) + return; devlink_param_notify(devlink, 0, param_item, DEVLINK_CMD_PARAM_DEL); list_del(¶m_item->list); kfree(param_item);