linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] openvswitch: meter: fix NULL pointer dereference in ovs_meter_cmd_reply

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Date:   Wed, 15 Nov 2017 14:18:49 +0900 (KST)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     garsilva@...eddedor.com
Cc:     pshelar@...ira.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org, dev@...nvswitch.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] openvswitch: meter: fix NULL pointer dereference in
 ovs_meter_cmd_reply_start

From: "Gustavo A. R. Silva" <garsilva@...eddedor.com>
Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2017 14:26:16 -0600

> It seems that the intention of the code is to null check the value
> returned by function genlmsg_put. But the current code is null
> checking the address of the pointer that holds the value returned
> by genlmsg_put.
> 
> Fix this by properly null checking the value returned by function
> genlmsg_put in order to avoid a pontential null pointer dereference.
> 
> Addresses-Coverity-ID: 1461561 ("Dereference before null check")
> Addresses-Coverity-ID: 1461562 ("Dereference null return value")
> Fixes: 96fbc13d7e77 ("openvswitch: Add meter infrastructure")
> Signed-off-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva <garsilva@...eddedor.com>

Applied.