netdev - [PATCH] xfrm: Fix possible error pointer dereference

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Date:	Thu, 3 Jul 2008 10:48:36 +0200
From:	Steffen Klassert <steffen.klassert@...unet.com>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, klassert@...hematik.tu-chemnitz.de
Subject: [PATCH] xfrm: Fix possible error pointer dereference

Check for error befor dereferencing xdst in xfrm_bundle_create.

Signed-off-by: Steffen Klassert <steffen.klassert@...unet.com>
---
 net/xfrm/xfrm_policy.c |    4 +++-
 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/xfrm/xfrm_policy.c b/net/xfrm/xfrm_policy.c
index cae9fd8..9fab591 100644
--- a/net/xfrm/xfrm_policy.c
+++ b/net/xfrm/xfrm_policy.c
@@ -1384,6 +1384,7 @@ static struct dst_entry *xfrm_bundle_create(struct xfrm_policy *policy,
 	struct net_device *dev;
 	struct dst_entry *dst_prev = NULL;
 	struct dst_entry *dst0 = NULL;
+	struct dst_entry *dst1 = NULL;
 	int i = 0;
 	int err;
 	int header_len = 0;
@@ -1404,7 +1405,6 @@ static struct dst_entry *xfrm_bundle_create(struct xfrm_policy *policy,
 
 	for (; i < nx; i++) {
 		struct xfrm_dst *xdst = xfrm_alloc_dst(family);
-		struct dst_entry *dst1 = &xdst->u.dst;
 
 		err = PTR_ERR(xdst);
 		if (IS_ERR(xdst)) {
@@ -1412,6 +1412,8 @@ static struct dst_entry *xfrm_bundle_create(struct xfrm_policy *policy,
 			goto put_states;
 		}
 
+		dst1 = &xdst->u.dst;
+
 		if (!dst_prev)
 			dst0 = dst1;
 		else {
-- 
1.5.3

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