netdev - [patch] netfilter: potential NULL dereference in get_inner

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Date:	Sat, 12 May 2012 14:00:03 +0300
From:	Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
To:	Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@...filter.org>
Cc:	Patrick McHardy <kaber@...sh.net>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	netfilter-devel@...r.kernel.org, netfilter@...r.kernel.org,
	coreteam@...filter.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [patch] netfilter: potential NULL dereference in get_inner_hdr()

There is a typo in the error checking and "&&" was used instead of "||".
If skb_header_pointer() returns NULL then it leads to a NULL
dereference.

Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
---
Btw, this is new code and Sparse complains about endian bugs.

diff --git a/net/netfilter/xt_HMARK.c b/net/netfilter/xt_HMARK.c
index 32fbd73..5817d03 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/xt_HMARK.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/xt_HMARK.c
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ static int get_inner_hdr(const struct sk_buff *skb, int iphsz, int *nhoff)
 
 	/* Not enough header? */
 	icmph = skb_header_pointer(skb, *nhoff + iphsz, sizeof(_ih), &_ih);
-	if (icmph == NULL && icmph->type > NR_ICMP_TYPES)
+	if (icmph == NULL || icmph->type > NR_ICMP_TYPES)
 		return 0;
 
 	/* Error message? */
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