netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] ipv6: add ip6_null_entry check in rt6

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Date:   Tue, 24 Oct 2017 18:52:07 +0900 (KST)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     weiwan@...gle.com
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, edumazet@...gle.com, kafai@...com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] ipv6: add ip6_null_entry check in rt6_select()

From: Wei Wang <weiwan@...gle.com>
Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2017 14:59:35 -0700

> From: Wei Wang <weiwan@...gle.com>
> 
> In rt6_select(), fn->leaf could be pointing to net->ipv6.ip6_null_entry.
> In this case, we should directly return instead of trying to carry on
> with the rest of the process.
> If not, we could crash at:
>   spin_lock_bh(&leaf->rt6i_table->rt6_lock);
> because net->ipv6.ip6_null_entry does not have rt6i_table set.
 ...
> Fixes: 66f5d6ce53e6 ("ipv6: replace rwlock with rcu and spinlock in fib6_table")
> Signed-off-by: Wei Wang <weiwan@...gle.com>
> Acked-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>

Applied, thanks.