There is a logic bug in this code, that could lead to null pointer dereference when cvq is NULL. Fix this problem by changing logic _and_ to logic _or_.
>> CID 127480: Null pointer dereferences (FORWARD_NULL) >> Dereferencing null pointer "cvq". if (!cvq && !cvq->vq) { ... } Coverity issue: 127480 Fixes: 01ad44fd374f ("net/virtio: split Rx/Tx queue") Signed-off-by: Jianfeng Tan <jianfeng.tan at intel.com> --- drivers/net/virtio/virtio_ethdev.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/virtio/virtio_ethdev.c b/drivers/net/virtio/virtio_ethdev.c index 480daa3..828afef 100644 --- a/drivers/net/virtio/virtio_ethdev.c +++ b/drivers/net/virtio/virtio_ethdev.c @@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ virtio_send_command(struct virtnet_ctl *cvq, struct virtio_pmd_ctrl *ctrl, ctrl->status = status; - if (!cvq && !cvq->vq) { + if (!cvq || !cvq->vq) { PMD_INIT_LOG(ERR, "Control queue is not supported."); return -1; } -- 2.1.4