netdev - Re: Crash in CIPSO_V4_TAG

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Date:	Sat, 14 Jul 2012 13:08:17 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	mlin@...pku.edu.cn
Cc:	alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk, paul.moore@...com, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Crash in CIPSO_V4_TAG_LOCAL handling

From: Lin Ming <mlin@...pku.edu.cn>
Date: Sun, 15 Jul 2012 01:22:30 +0800

> It's caused by below code added in commit 15c45f7b.
> 
>                 case CIPSO_V4_TAG_LOCAL:
>                         /* This is a non-standard tag that we only allow for
>                          * local connections, so if the incoming interface is
>                          * not the loopback device drop the packet. */
>                         if (!(skb->dev->flags & IFF_LOOPBACK)) {
>                                 err_offset = opt_iter;
>                                 goto validate_return_locked;
>                         }

Paul please fix this, as shown 'skb' can easily be NULL in this
code path.
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