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bnxt_en: Fix null pointer dereference in bnxt_bs_trace_check_wrap()
authorGautam R A <gautam-r.a@broadcom.com>
Tue, 4 Nov 2025 00:56:57 +0000 (16:56 -0800)
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Thu, 13 Nov 2025 20:37:43 +0000 (15:37 -0500)
commit689ae5ba31293eebb7f21c0ef8939468ac72b5ce
treec7b5445ca4cdc251ac857ed73831280eb68ffd3a
parent5c2289bad255772af0f015f24fde8118165b41df
bnxt_en: Fix null pointer dereference in bnxt_bs_trace_check_wrap()

[ Upstream commit ff02be05f78399c766be68ab0b2285ff90b2aaa8 ]

With older FW, we may get the ASYNC_EVENT_CMPL_EVENT_ID_DBG_BUF_PRODUCER
for FW trace data type that has not been initialized.  This will result
in a crash in bnxt_bs_trace_type_wrap().  Add a guard to check for a
valid magic_byte pointer before proceeding.

Fixes: 84fcd9449fd7 ("bnxt_en: Manage the FW trace context memory")
Reviewed-by: Somnath Kotur <somnath.kotur@broadcom.com>
Reviewed-by: Shruti Parab <shruti.parab@broadcom.com>
Signed-off-by: Gautam R A <gautam-r.a@broadcom.com>
Signed-off-by: Michael Chan <michael.chan@broadcom.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251104005700.542174-4-michael.chan@broadcom.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt.h