netdev - Re: [PATCH 0/2] netns: fix for NULL-dereference in ipv6 code

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Message-ID: <48A492C3.7080502@hp.com>
Date:	Thu, 14 Aug 2008 16:17:07 -0400
From:	Vlad Yasevich <vladislav.yasevich@...com>
To:	Brian Haley <brian.haley@...com>
Cc:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	containers <containers@...ts.osdl.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/2] netns: fix for NULL-dereference in ipv6 code

Brian Haley wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> When fixing the NULL-dereference of the idev in rt6_fill_node(), I
> noticed that dev_net() doesn't handle a NULL argument either.  These two
> patches fix that, as well as add a network namespace argument to
> rt6_fill_node() and ipv6_dev_get_saddr().

Brian

What is the reason that dev_net() would need to handle a NULL arg?

I think a NULL pointer in dev_net is a bug if Network Namespaces are used.

-vlad
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