netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] tipc: fix null deref crash in compat config path

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Date:	Thu, 25 Feb 2016 17:06:48 -0500 (EST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	fw@...len.de
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] tipc: fix null deref crash in compat config
 path

From: Florian Westphal <fw@...len.de>
Date: Wed, 24 Feb 2016 17:20:17 +0100

> msg.dst_sk needs to be set up with a valid socket because some callbacks
> later derive the netns from it.
> 
> Fixes: 263ea09084d172d ("Revert "genl: Add genlmsg_new_unicast() for unicast message allocation")
> Reported-by: Jon Maloy <maloy@...jonn.com>
> Bisected-by: Jon Maloy <maloy@...jonn.com>
> Signed-off-by: Florian Westphal <fw@...len.de>
> Acked-by Jon Maloy <jon.maloy@...csson.com>

Applied.