linux-kernel - [PATCH 3.12 107/127] neigh: check error pointer instead of NULL for ipv4_neigh

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Date:   Fri, 25 Nov 2016 09:30:20 +0100
From:   Jiri Slaby <jslaby@...e.cz>
To:     stable@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, WANG Cong <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>,
        "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Jiri Slaby <jslaby@...e.cz>
Subject: [PATCH 3.12 107/127] neigh: check error pointer instead of NULL for ipv4_neigh_lookup()

From: WANG Cong <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>

3.12-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

===============

commit 2c1a4311b61072afe2309d4152a7993e92caa41c upstream.

Fixes: commit f187bc6efb7250afee0e2009b6106 ("ipv4: No need to set generic neighbour pointer")
Cc: David S. Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Signed-off-by: Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Signed-off-by: Jiri Slaby <jslaby@...e.cz>
---
 net/ipv4/route.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/net/ipv4/route.c b/net/ipv4/route.c
index 2d709773dc6c..f1631aec4206 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/route.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/route.c
@@ -765,7 +765,7 @@ static void __ip_do_redirect(struct rtable *rt, struct sk_buff *skb, struct flow
 	}
 
 	n = ipv4_neigh_lookup(&rt->dst, NULL, &new_gw);
-	if (n) {
+	if (!IS_ERR(n)) {
 		if (!(n->nud_state & NUD_VALID)) {
 			neigh_event_send(n, NULL);
 		} else {
-- 
2.10.2