Subject: Re: [PATCH] fix NULL pointer Oops in fib(6)_rule_suppress

From: Sergei Shtylyov <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 17 Nov 2013 17:56:43 +0400

Hello.

On 17-11-2013 15:14, Stefan Tomanek wrote:

> Reported-by: Daniel Golle <[email-masked]>
> Tested-by: Daniel Golle <[email-masked]>
> Signed-off-by: Stefan Tomanek <[email-masked]>
> ---
>   net/ipv4/fib_rules.c  |    4 +++-
>   net/ipv6/fib6_rules.c |    5 ++++-
>   2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

> diff --git a/net/ipv4/fib_rules.c b/net/ipv4/fib_rules.c
> index 523be38..4e1c1e5 100644
> --- a/net/ipv4/fib_rules.c
> +++ b/net/ipv4/fib_rules.c
> @@ -104,7 +104,9 @@ errout:
>   static bool fib4_rule_suppress(struct fib_rule *rule, struct fib_lookup_arg *arg)
>   {
>   	struct fib_result *result = (struct fib_result *) arg->result;
> -	struct net_device *dev = result->fi->fib_dev;
> +	struct net_device *dev = NULL;

    Please leave empty line after declarations, like it was before your patch.

> +	if (result->fi)
> +		dev = result->fi->fib_dev;
>
>   	/* do not accept result if the route does
>   	 * not meet the required prefix length
> diff --git a/net/ipv6/fib6_rules.c b/net/ipv6/fib6_rules.c
> index e275916..43e45b5 100644
> --- a/net/ipv6/fib6_rules.c
> +++ b/net/ipv6/fib6_rules.c
> @@ -122,7 +122,10 @@ out:
>   static bool fib6_rule_suppress(struct fib_rule *rule, struct fib_lookup_arg *arg)
>   {
>   	struct rt6_info *rt = (struct rt6_info *) arg->result;
> -	struct net_device *dev = rt->rt6i_idev->dev;
> +	struct net_device *dev = NULL;

    Same here.

> +	if (rt->rt6i_idev)
> +		dev = rt->rt6i_idev->dev;
> +

WBR, Sergei