netdev - Re: [PATCH] Fix null pointer dereference in vector_user

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Message-ID: <20200610055339.GA1865470@kroah.com>
Date:   Wed, 10 Jun 2020 07:53:39 +0200
From:   Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Gaurav Singh <gaurav1086@...il.com>
Cc:     Jeff Dike <jdike@...toit.com>, Richard Weinberger <richard@....at>,
        Anton Ivanov <anton.ivanov@...bridgegreys.com>,
        Alexei Starovoitov <ast@...nel.org>,
        Daniel Borkmann <daniel@...earbox.net>,
        Martin KaFai Lau <kafai@...com>,
        Song Liu <songliubraving@...com>, Yonghong Song <yhs@...com>,
        Andrii Nakryiko <andriin@...com>,
        John Fastabend <john.fastabend@...il.com>,
        KP Singh <kpsingh@...omium.org>,
        Alex Dewar <alex.dewar@....co.uk>,
        "open list:USER-MODE LINUX (UML)" <linux-um@...ts.infradead.org>,
        open list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "open list:BPF (Safe dynamic programs and tools)" 
        <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        "open list:BPF (Safe dynamic programs and tools)" 
        <bpf@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Fix null pointer dereference in vector_user_bpf

On Tue, Jun 09, 2020 at 11:43:00PM -0400, Gaurav Singh wrote:
> Signed-off-by: Gaurav Singh <gaurav1086@...il.com>
> 
> The bpf_prog is being checked for !NULL after uml_kmalloc but
> later its used directly for example: 
> bpf_prog->filter = bpf and is also later returned upon success.
> Fix this, do a NULL check and return right away.
> 
> ---
>  arch/um/drivers/vector_user.c | 8 +++++---
>  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

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