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net: ipv6: check for validity before dereferencing cfg->fc_nlinfo.nlh

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nlh is being checked for validtity two times when it is dereferenced in
this function. Check for validity again when updating the flags through
nlh pointer to make the dereferencing safe.

CC: <stable@vger.kernel.org>
Addresses-Coverity: ("NULL pointer dereference")
Signed-off-by: Muhammad Usama Anjum <musamaanjum@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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Muhammad Usama Anjum 2021-04-09 03:01:29 +05:00 committed by David S. Miller
parent 2d1b50abf8
commit 864db232dc
1 changed files with 5 additions and 3 deletions
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@ -5209,9 +5209,11 @@ static int ip6_route_multipath_add(struct fib6_config *cfg,
* nexthops have been replaced by first new, the rest should
* be added to it.
*/
cfg->fc_nlinfo.nlh->nlmsg_flags &= ~(NLM_F_EXCL |
NLM_F_REPLACE);
cfg->fc_nlinfo.nlh->nlmsg_flags |= NLM_F_CREATE;
if (cfg->fc_nlinfo.nlh) {
cfg->fc_nlinfo.nlh->nlmsg_flags &= ~(NLM_F_EXCL |
NLM_F_REPLACE);
cfg->fc_nlinfo.nlh->nlmsg_flags |= NLM_F_CREATE;
}
nhn++;
}