netdev - [PATCH 2/4] batman-adv: Avoid nullptr derefence in batadv_v_neigh_is

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Date:	Sun, 15 May 2016 23:11:31 +0800
From:	Antonio Quartulli <a@...table.cc>
To:	davem@...emloft.net
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, b.a.t.m.a.n@...ts.open-mesh.org,
	Sven Eckelmann <sven@...fation.org>,
	Marek Lindner <mareklindner@...mailbox.ch>,
	Antonio Quartulli <a@...table.cc>
Subject: [PATCH 2/4] batman-adv: Avoid nullptr derefence in batadv_v_neigh_is_sob

From: Sven Eckelmann <sven@...fation.org>

batadv_neigh_ifinfo_get can return NULL when it cannot find (even when only
temporarily) anymore the neigh_ifinfo in the list neigh->ifinfo_list. This
has to be checked to avoid kernel Oopses when the ifinfo is dereferenced.

This a situation which isn't expected but is already handled by functions
like batadv_v_neigh_cmp. The same kind of warning is therefore used before
the function returns without dereferencing the pointers.

Fixes: 9786906022eb ("batman-adv: B.A.T.M.A.N. V - implement neighbor comparison API calls")
Signed-off-by: Sven Eckelmann <sven@...fation.org>
Signed-off-by: Marek Lindner <mareklindner@...mailbox.ch>
Signed-off-by: Antonio Quartulli <a@...table.cc>
---
 net/batman-adv/bat_v.c | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/net/batman-adv/bat_v.c b/net/batman-adv/bat_v.c
index 4026f198a734..e81ad4b8e5c8 100644
--- a/net/batman-adv/bat_v.c
+++ b/net/batman-adv/bat_v.c
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 #include <linux/rculist.h>
 #include <linux/rcupdate.h>
 #include <linux/seq_file.h>
+#include <linux/stddef.h>
 #include <linux/types.h>
 #include <linux/workqueue.h>
 
@@ -277,6 +278,9 @@ static bool batadv_v_neigh_is_sob(struct batadv_neigh_node *neigh1,
 	ifinfo1 = batadv_neigh_ifinfo_get(neigh1, if_outgoing1);
 	ifinfo2 = batadv_neigh_ifinfo_get(neigh2, if_outgoing2);
 
+	if (WARN_ON(!ifinfo1 || !ifinfo2))
+		return false;
+
 	threshold = ifinfo1->bat_v.throughput / 4;
 	threshold = ifinfo1->bat_v.throughput - threshold;
 
-- 
2.8.2