linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] net: tipc: prevent possible null deref of link

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Date:   Tue, 08 Dec 2020 15:54:54 -0800 (PST)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     cengiz@...nel.wtf
Cc:     jmaloy@...hat.com, ying.xue@...driver.com, kuba@...nel.org,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, tipc-discussion@...ts.sourceforge.net,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: tipc: prevent possible null deref of link

From: Cengiz Can <cengiz@...nel.wtf>
Date: Mon,  7 Dec 2020 11:14:24 +0300

> `tipc_node_apply_property` does a null check on a `tipc_link_entry`
> pointer but also accesses the same pointer out of the null check block.
> 
> This triggers a warning on Coverity Static Analyzer because we're
> implying that `e->link` can BE null.
> 
> Move "Update MTU for node link entry" line into if block to make sure
> that we're not in a state that `e->link` is null.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Cengiz Can <cengiz@...nel.wtf>
> ---

Applied, thanks.,