netdev - Re: [PATCH v2] tipc: fix potential null pointer dereferences in some compat functions

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Message-Id: <20160525.123408.512349398576210042.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Wed, 25 May 2016 12:34:08 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	sploving1@...il.com
Cc:	jon.maloy@...csson.com, ying.xue@...driver.com,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, tipc-discussion@...ts.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] tipc: fix potential null pointer dereferences in
 some compat functions

From: Baozeng Ding <sploving1@...il.com>
Date: Tue, 24 May 2016 22:33:24 +0800

> Before calling the nla_parse_nested function, make sure the pointer to the
> attribute is not null. This patch fixes several potential null pointer
> dereference vulnerabilities in the tipc netlink functions.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Baozeng Ding <sploving1@...il.com>
> ---
> v2: declare local variable as reverse christmas tree format and make the commit
> log fit in 80 columns

Looks good, applied, thanks.