netdev - Re: [PATCH net] ipv4: Avoid crashing in ip

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Date:	Fri, 22 May 2015 05:08:40 -0700
From:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
To:	"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>
Cc:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	"Vittorio G (VittGam)" <linuxbugs@...tgam.net>,
	security@...nel.org, Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>, luto@...capital.net,
	Willy Tarreau <w@....eu>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] ipv4: Avoid crashing in ip_error

On Fri, 2015-05-22 at 04:58 -0500, Eric W. Biederman wrote:
> ip_error does not check if in_dev is NULL before dereferencing it.

> 
> Therefore handle this weird case by just dropping the packet if
> !in_dev.  It will result in dropping the packet sooner, and will not
> result in an actual change of behavior.
> 
> Fixes: 251da4130115b ("ipv4: Cache ip_error() routes even when not forwarding.")
> Reported-by: "Vittorio G (VittGam)" <linuxbugs@...tgam.net>
> Tested-by: "Vittorio G (VittGam)" <linuxbugs@...tgam.net>
> Signed-off-by: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>
> ---

Acked-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>

Thanks !


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