netdev - Re: [PATCH] net_sched: drr: check for NULL pointer in drr

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Date:	Fri, 29 Jan 2016 17:27:01 -0800 (PST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	bernie.harris@...iedtelesis.co.nz
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, jhs@...atatu.com, stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net_sched: drr: check for NULL pointer in drr_dequeue

From: Bernie Harris <bernie.harris@...iedtelesis.co.nz>
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 2016 16:30:51 +1300

> There are cases where qdisc_dequeue_peeked can return NULL, and the result
> is dereferenced later on in the function.
> 
> Similarly to the other qdisc dequeue functions, check whether the skb
> pointer is NULL and if it is, goto out.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Bernie Harris <bernie.harris@...iedtelesis.co.nz>

Applied, thanks.