netdev - Re: [PATCH] [net] ipv6: sr: fix NULL pointer dereference in seg6_do_srh

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Date:   Mon, 23 Apr 2018 08:09:23 +0200
From:   Ahmed Abdelsalam <amsalam20@...il.com>
To:     David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:     dlebrun@...gle.com, kuznet@....inr.ac.ru, yoshfuji@...ux-ipv6.org,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] [net] ipv6: sr: fix NULL pointer dereference in
 seg6_do_srh_encap()- v4 pkts

On Sun, 22 Apr 2018 21:06:04 -0400 (EDT)
David Miller <davem@...emloft.net> wrote:

> From: Ahmed Abdelsalam <amsalam20@...il.com>
> Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2018 15:58:05 +0200
> 
> > In case of seg6 in encap mode, seg6_do_srh_encap() calls set_tun_src()
> > in order to set the src addr of outer IPv6 header.
> > 
> > The net_device is required for set_tun_src(). However calling ip6_dst_idev()
> > on dst_entry in case of IPv4 traffic results on the following bug.
> > 
> > Using just dst->dev should fix this BUG.
>  ...
> > Fixes: 8936ef7604c11 ipv6: sr: fix NULL pointer dereference when setting encap source address
> 
> Please format your Fixes: tag properly next time.  The commit header
> text should be enclosed by (" ").  I fixed it up for you this time.
> 

Ok! 
Thanks David for your time. 

> > Signed-off-by: Ahmed Abdelsalam <amsalam20@...il.com>
> 
> Applied and queued up for -stable.


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Ahmed Abdelsalam <amsalam20@...il.com>