Subject: [PATCH] net: fix potential null pointer dereference

From: "Gustavo A. R. Silva" <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 23 May 2017 18:18:37 -0500

Add null check to avoid a potential null pointer dereference.

Addresses-Coverity-ID: 1408831
Signed-off-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva <[email-masked]>
---
 drivers/net/gtp.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/gtp.c b/drivers/net/gtp.c
index 4fea1b3..7b652bb 100644
--- a/drivers/net/gtp.c
+++ b/drivers/net/gtp.c
@@ -873,7 +873,7 @@ static struct gtp_dev *gtp_find_dev(struct net *src_net, struct nlattr *nla[])
 
 	/* Check if there's an existing gtpX device to configure */
 	dev = dev_get_by_index_rcu(net, nla_get_u32(nla[GTPA_LINK]));
-	if (dev->netdev_ops == &gtp_netdev_ops)
+	if (dev && dev->netdev_ops == &gtp_netdev_ops)
 		gtp = netdev_priv(dev);
 
 	put_net(net);
-- 
2.5.0