linux-kernel - [PATCH] ipv4: make ip_append_data() handle NULL routing table

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Date:	Thu, 27 Aug 2009 15:26:58 +0200
From:	Julien TINNES <julien@....org>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	torvalds@...ux-foundation.org, davem@...emloft.net,
	security@...nel.org, taviso@....lonestar.org
Subject: [PATCH] ipv4: make ip_append_data() handle NULL routing table

Add a check in ip_append_data() for NULL *rtp to prevent future bugs in callers from being exploitable.

Signed-off-by: Julien Tinnes <julien@....org>
Signed-off-by: Tavis Ormandy <taviso@....lonestar.org>
Acked-by: David S. Miller <davem@...emloft.net>

---

diff -r b3cbf0ceeb34 net/ipv4/ip_output.c
--- a/net/ipv4/ip_output.c	Mon Aug 24 14:48:29 2009 +0200
+++ b/net/ipv4/ip_output.c	Thu Aug 27 15:20:36 2009 +0200
@@ -814,6 +814,8 @@
 			inet->cork.addr = ipc->addr;
 		}
 		rt = *rtp;
+		if (unlikely(!rt))
+			return -EFAULT;
 		/*
 		 * We steal reference to this route, caller should not release it
 		 */
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