i40e: avoid null pointer dereference
authorHeinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>
Tue, 17 May 2016 20:41:33 +0000 (22:41 +0200)
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Fri, 7 Oct 2016 13:23:41 +0000 (15:23 +0200)
commit1bcafa3814f3564dc663f8ac3de84fa49bad0b35
tree99ec7161248d32d7437e3b55f28b78e7230619fc
parent711a78a79254470731f2d5f83c22d68c1951ea11
i40e: avoid null pointer dereference

commit cd956722167ba4fdba9c1ce3eed251b04ea2e10f upstream.

In function i40e_debug_aq parameter desc is assumed to be
possibly NULL. Do not dereference it before checking the
value.

Fixes: f905dd62be88 ("i40e/i40evf: add max buf len to aq debug print helper")
Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>
Tested-by: Andrew Bowers <andrewx.bowers@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_common.c