netdev - Re: [PATCH net v2] ipv6: check return value of ipv6_get

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Message-Id: <20130625.162804.328857332762341398.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Tue, 25 Jun 2013 16:28:04 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	hannes@...essinduktion.org
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, dborkman@...hat.com, fbl@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net v2] ipv6: check return value of ipv6_get_lladdr

From: Hannes Frederic Sowa <hannes@...essinduktion.org>
Date: Mon, 24 Jun 2013 21:42:40 +0200

> We should check the return value of ipv6_get_lladdr in inet6_set_iftoken.
> 
> A possible situation, which could leave ll_addr unassigned is, when
> the user removed her link-local address but a global scoped address was
> already set. In this case the interface would still be IF_READY and not
> dead. In that case the RS source address is some value from the stack.
> 
> v2: Daniel Borkmann noted a small indent inconstancy; no semantic
> changes.
> 
> Cc: Daniel Borkmann <dborkman@...hat.com>
> Acked-by: Daniel Borkmann <dborkman@...hat.com>
> Reviewed-by: Flavio Leitner <fbl@...hat.com>
> Signed-off-by: Hannes Frederic Sowa <hannes@...essinduktion.org>

Applied, thanks.
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