linux-kernel - [PATCH] batman-adv: fix potential NULL pointer dereferencing

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Message-ID: <DUB123-W2663266CEA8296935E9450A0B30@phx.gbl>
Date:	Mon, 22 Sep 2014 11:11:19 +0200
From:	Mario Pirker <mariopirker@...mail.com>
To:	"mareklindner@...mailbox.ch" <mareklindner@...mailbox.ch>,
	"sw@...onwunderlich.de" <sw@...onwunderlich.de>,
	"antonio@...hcoding.com" <antonio@...hcoding.com>,
	"davem@...emloft.net" <davem@...emloft.net>
CC:	"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH] batman-adv: fix potential NULL pointer dereferencing

>From b451e7317148e18bf6c5c8fd747d79ab34260354 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mario Pirker <mario.pirker@...logg.ox.ac.uk>
Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2014 17:55:13 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] batman-adv: fix potential NULL pointer dereferencing

The call batadv_gw_node_get may return NULL. The return value has to
be sanity checked before the pointer is dereferenced.

Signed-off-by: Mario Pirker <mariopirker@...mail.com>
---
 net/batman-adv/gateway_client.c | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/net/batman-adv/gateway_client.c b/net/batman-adv/gateway_client.c
index 90cff58..7ee0913 100644
--- a/net/batman-adv/gateway_client.c
+++ b/net/batman-adv/gateway_client.c
@@ -810,6 +810,11 @@ bool batadv_gw_out_of_range(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv,
                goto out;
 
        gw_node = batadv_gw_node_get(bat_priv, orig_dst_node);
+
+       /* gw_node can be NULL. We need to check before dereferencing */
+       if (gw_node == NULL)
+               goto out;
+
        if (!gw_node->bandwidth_down == 0)
                goto out;
 
-- 
1.8.1.4 		 	   		  --
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