netdev - [PATCH net 8/9] sch_sfq: fix null pointer dereference on init failure

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Date:   Wed, 30 Aug 2017 12:49:04 +0300
From:   Nikolay Aleksandrov <nikolay@...ulusnetworks.com>
To:     netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     edumazet@...gle.com, jhs@...atatu.com, xiyou.wangcong@...il.com,
        jiri@...nulli.us, roopa@...ulusnetworks.com,
        Nikolay Aleksandrov <nikolay@...ulusnetworks.com>
Subject: [PATCH net 8/9] sch_sfq: fix null pointer dereference on init failure

Currently only a memory allocation failure can lead to this, so let's
initialize the timer first.

Fixes: 6529eaba33f0 ("net: sched: introduce tcf block infractructure")
Signed-off-by: Nikolay Aleksandrov <nikolay@...ulusnetworks.com>
---
 net/sched/sch_sfq.c | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/sched/sch_sfq.c b/net/sched/sch_sfq.c
index 82469ef9655e..fc69fc5956e9 100644
--- a/net/sched/sch_sfq.c
+++ b/net/sched/sch_sfq.c
@@ -716,13 +716,13 @@ static int sfq_init(struct Qdisc *sch, struct nlattr *opt)
 	int i;
 	int err;
 
+	setup_deferrable_timer(&q->perturb_timer, sfq_perturbation,
+			       (unsigned long)sch);
+
 	err = tcf_block_get(&q->block, &q->filter_list);
 	if (err)
 		return err;
 
-	setup_deferrable_timer(&q->perturb_timer, sfq_perturbation,
-			       (unsigned long)sch);
-
 	for (i = 0; i < SFQ_MAX_DEPTH + 1; i++) {
 		q->dep[i].next = i + SFQ_MAX_FLOWS;
 		q->dep[i].prev = i + SFQ_MAX_FLOWS;
-- 
2.1.4