[PATCH net-next 2/3] net: ti: prueth: Fix possible NULL pointer dereference inside emac_xmit_xdp_frame()

[Simon Horman]

On Mon, Mar 17, 2025 at 03:45:49PM +0530, Meghana Malladi wrote:
> There is an error check inside emac_xmit_xdp_frame() function which
> is called when the driver wants to transmit XDP frame, to check if
> the allocated tx descriptor is NULL, if true to exit and return
> ICSSG_XDP_CONSUMED implying failure in transmission.
> 
> In this case trying to free a descriptor which is NULL will result
> in kernel crash due to NULL pointer dereference. Fix this error handling
> and increase netdev tx_dropped stats in the caller of this function
> if the function returns ICSSG_XDP_CONSUMED.
> 
> Fixes: 62aa3246f462 ("net: ti: icssg-prueth: Add XDP support")
> Signed-off-by: Meghana Malladi <m-malladi at ti.com>

Reviewed-by: Simon Horman <horms at kernel.org>