netdev - Re: [PATCH] net: SCTP NULL-pointer dereference problem description and fix

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Date:	Wed, 15 Sep 2010 14:53:11 +0200
From:	Thomas Dreibholz <dreibh@....uni-due.de>
To:	Shan Wei <shanwei@...fujitsu.com>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-sctp@...r.kernel.org,
	Martin Becke <martin.becke@...-due.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: SCTP NULL-pointer dereference problem description and fix

On Mittwoch 15 September 2010, Shan Wei wrote:
> Thomas Dreibholz wrote, at 09/15/2010 04:03 PM:
> > sctp_assoc_update_retran_path() in net/sctp/associola.c may dereference a
> > NULL-pointer when compiled with SCTP_DEBUG option: t will be NULL if
> > there is no usable path for retransmission. SCTP_DEBUG_PRINTK_IPADDR()
> > makes an access to t->ipaddr.v4.sin_port, without checking t before.
> > t==NULL => oops.
> > 
> > The patch below against 2.6.36-rc4 (git repository) simply ensures that t
> > is checked for not being set to NULL before calling
> > SCTP_DEBUG_PRINTK_IPADDR().
> 
> This bug has been reported by WeiYongjun and fixed by vlad for several
> months. About the details see .
> http://marc.info/?l=linux-sctp&m=127359276009851&w=2
> 
> But this patch is still in vlad's net-next tree, not in main tree.
> See the patch:
> http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/vxy/lksctp-dev.git;a=commit;h=eb1
> 639d206320e6a09168d6dd77306eaf5f02582

This patch resolves the problem. I am using the main tree. The patch should 
also be applied there.


Best regards
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