netdev - Re: [PATCH net] net: nexthop: fix null pointer dereference when IPv6 is not enabled

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Date:   Tue, 23 Nov 2021 11:50:09 +0000
From:   patchwork-bot+netdevbpf@...nel.org
To:     Nikolay Aleksandrov <razor@...ckwall.org>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, idosch@...sch.org, davem@...emloft.net,
        kuba@...nel.org, dsahern@...il.com, nikolay@...dia.com,
        stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] net: nexthop: fix null pointer dereference when IPv6 is
 not enabled

Hello:

This patch was applied to netdev/net.git (master)
by David S. Miller <davem@...emloft.net>:

On Tue, 23 Nov 2021 12:27:19 +0200 you wrote:
> From: Nikolay Aleksandrov <nikolay@...dia.com>
> 
> When we try to add an IPv6 nexthop and IPv6 is not enabled
> (!CONFIG_IPV6) we'll hit a NULL pointer dereference[1] in the error path
> of nh_create_ipv6() due to calling ipv6_stub->fib6_nh_release. The bug
> has been present since the beginning of IPv6 nexthop gateway support.
> Commit 1aefd3de7bc6 ("ipv6: Add fib6_nh_init and release to stubs") tells
> us that only fib6_nh_init has a dummy stub because fib6_nh_release should
> not be called if fib6_nh_init returns an error, but the commit below added
> a call to ipv6_stub->fib6_nh_release in its error path. To fix it return
> the dummy stub's -EAFNOSUPPORT error directly without calling
> ipv6_stub->fib6_nh_release in nh_create_ipv6()'s error path.
> 
> [...]

Here is the summary with links:
  - [net] net: nexthop: fix null pointer dereference when IPv6 is not enabled
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net/c/1c743127cc54

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