netdev - [PATCH nf-next 1/2] netfilter: Fix potential null pointer dereference

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Date:   Mon, 26 Sep 2016 12:24:30 -0400
From:   Aaron Conole <aconole@...heb.org>
To:     netfilter-devel@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Florian Westphal <fw@...len.de>,
        Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@...filter.org>
Subject: [PATCH nf-next 1/2] netfilter: Fix potential null pointer dereference

It's possible for nf_hook_entry_head to return NULL if two
nf_unregister_net_hook calls happen simultaneously with a single hook
entry in the list.  This fix ensures that no null pointer dereference
could occur when such a race happens.

Signed-off-by: Aaron Conole <aconole@...heb.org>
---
 net/netfilter/core.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/net/netfilter/core.c b/net/netfilter/core.c
index 360c63d..e58e420 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/core.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/core.c
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ void nf_unregister_net_hook(struct net *net, const struct nf_hook_ops *reg)
 
 	mutex_lock(&nf_hook_mutex);
 	hooks_entry = nf_hook_entry_head(net, reg);
-	if (hooks_entry->orig_ops == reg) {
+	if (hooks_entry && hooks_entry->orig_ops == reg) {
 		nf_set_hooks_head(net, reg,
 				  nf_entry_dereference(hooks_entry->next));
 		goto unlock;
-- 
2.5.5