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| -rw-r--r-- | net/ipv4/cipso_ipv4.c | 6 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/net/ipv4/cipso_ipv4.c b/net/ipv4/cipso_ipv4.c index 2b3c23c287c..062876b7730 100644 --- a/net/ipv4/cipso_ipv4.c +++ b/net/ipv4/cipso_ipv4.c @@ -1725,8 +1725,10 @@ int cipso_v4_validate(const struct sk_buff *skb, unsigned char **option) case CIPSO_V4_TAG_LOCAL: /* This is a non-standard tag that we only allow for * local connections, so if the incoming interface is - * not the loopback device drop the packet. */ - if (!(skb->dev->flags & IFF_LOOPBACK)) { + * not the loopback device drop the packet. Further, + * there is no legitimate reason for setting this from + * userspace so reject it if skb is NULL. */ + if (skb == NULL || !(skb->dev->flags & IFF_LOOPBACK)) { err_offset = opt_iter; goto validate_return_locked; } |