netdev - [iproute PATCH v3 2/5] nstat: Fix for potential NULL pointer dereference

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Date:   Mon, 21 Aug 2017 12:03:05 +0200
From:   Phil Sutter <phil@....cc>
To:     Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [iproute PATCH v3 2/5] nstat: Fix for potential NULL pointer dereference

If the string at 'p' contains neither space not newline, 'p' will become
NULL. Make sure this isn't the case before dereferencing it.

Signed-off-by: Phil Sutter <phil@....cc>
---
Changes since v2:
- Call abort() if 'p' becomes NULL.
---
 misc/nstat.c | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/misc/nstat.c b/misc/nstat.c
index a4dd405d43a93..56e9367e99736 100644
--- a/misc/nstat.c
+++ b/misc/nstat.c
@@ -217,6 +217,8 @@ static void load_ugly_table(FILE *fp)
 			n->next = db;
 			db = n;
 			p = next;
+			if (!p)
+				abort();
 		}
 		n = db;
 		if (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) == NULL)
-- 
2.13.1