linux-kernel - [PATCH 2/2] virtio-net: Prevent NULL dereference

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Message-Id: <1317058869-19276-2-git-send-email-levinsasha928@gmail.com>
Date:	Mon, 26 Sep 2011 20:41:09 +0300
From:	Sasha Levin <levinsasha928@...il.com>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	Sasha Levin <levinsasha928@...il.com>,
	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>,
	"Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com>,
	virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	kvm@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] virtio-net: Prevent NULL dereference

This patch prevents a NULL dereference when the user has passed a length
longer than an actual buffer to virtio-net.

Cc: Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>
Cc: "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com>
Cc: virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org
Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc: kvm@...r.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <levinsasha928@...il.com>
---
 drivers/net/virtio_net.c |    2 +-
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/virtio_net.c b/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
index 64e0717..8d32c1e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
+++ b/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ static struct sk_buff *page_to_skb(struct virtnet_info *vi,
 	len -= copy;
 	offset += copy;
 
-	while (len) {
+	while (len && page) {
 		set_skb_frag(skb, page, offset, &len);
 		page = (struct page *)page->private;
 		offset = 0;
-- 
1.7.6.1

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