linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Convert BUG_ON to WARN_ON in bond

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Date:   Wed, 21 Jun 2017 17:56:51 -0400 (EDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     michael.j.dilmore@...il.com
Cc:     jay.vosburgh@...onical.com, vfalico@...il.com, andy@...yhouse.net,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        joe@...ches.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Convert BUG_ON to WARN_ON in bond_options.c

From: Michael D <michael.j.dilmore@...il.com>
Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2017 22:41:07 +0100

> I don't think you can stop it being dereferenced... you just need to
> prevent an attacker from exploiting the null pointer dereference
> vulnerability right? And this is done by returning the function right
> away?

What's all of this about an "attacker"?

If there is a bug, we dererence a NULL pointer, and we should
fix that bug.

The BUG_ON() helps us see where the problem is while at the
same time stopping the kernel before the NULL deref happens.