netdev - Re: [PATCH] xfrm: Fix possible error pointer dereference

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Date:	Thu, 3 Jul 2008 17:04:03 +0800
From:	Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
To:	Steffen Klassert <steffen.klassert@...unet.com>
Cc:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	klassert@...hematik.tu-chemnitz.de
Subject: Re: [PATCH] xfrm: Fix possible error pointer dereference

On Thu, Jul 03, 2008 at 10:48:36AM +0200, Steffen Klassert wrote:
> Check for error befor dereferencing xdst in xfrm_bundle_create.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Steffen Klassert <steffen.klassert@...unet.com>
> ---
>  net/xfrm/xfrm_policy.c |    4 +++-
>  1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/net/xfrm/xfrm_policy.c b/net/xfrm/xfrm_policy.c
> index cae9fd8..9fab591 100644
> --- a/net/xfrm/xfrm_policy.c
> +++ b/net/xfrm/xfrm_policy.c
> @@ -1384,6 +1384,7 @@ static struct dst_entry *xfrm_bundle_create(struct xfrm_policy *policy,
>  	struct net_device *dev;
>  	struct dst_entry *dst_prev = NULL;
>  	struct dst_entry *dst0 = NULL;
> +	struct dst_entry *dst1 = NULL;
>  	int i = 0;
>  	int err;
>  	int header_len = 0;
> @@ -1404,7 +1405,6 @@ static struct dst_entry *xfrm_bundle_create(struct xfrm_policy *policy,
>  
>  	for (; i < nx; i++) {
>  		struct xfrm_dst *xdst = xfrm_alloc_dst(family);
> -		struct dst_entry *dst1 = &xdst->u.dst;

Please check again, we're not dereferencing it here.

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