From 22cfb0bf6721bb1f865f67bc21e3c36c272faf36 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Bernd Schubert Date: Tue, 16 Aug 2011 10:56:54 +0000 Subject: IPoIB: Fix possible NULL dereference in ipoib_start_xmit() Fix a bug introduced in 69cce1d14049 ("net: Abstract dst->neighbour accesses behind helpers.") where we might dereference skb_dst(skb) even if it is NULL, which causes: [ 240.944030] BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 0000000000000040 [ 240.948007] IP: [] ipoib_start_xmit+0x39/0x280 [ib_ipoib] [...] [ 240.948007] Call Trace: [ 240.948007] [ 240.948007] [] dev_hard_start_xmit+0x2a0/0x590 [ 240.948007] [] ? arp_create+0x70/0x200 [ 240.948007] [] sch_direct_xmit+0xef/0x1c0 Addresses: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=41212 Signed-off-by: Bernd Schubert Signed-off-by: Roland Dreier --- drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib_main.c | 8 +++++--- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) (limited to 'drivers') diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib_main.c b/drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib_main.c index 43f89ba0a90..fe89c4660d5 100644 --- a/drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib_main.c +++ b/drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib_main.c @@ -717,11 +717,13 @@ static int ipoib_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev) { struct ipoib_dev_priv *priv = netdev_priv(dev); struct ipoib_neigh *neigh; - struct neighbour *n; + struct neighbour *n = NULL; unsigned long flags; - n = dst_get_neighbour(skb_dst(skb)); - if (likely(skb_dst(skb) && n)) { + if (likely(skb_dst(skb))) + n = dst_get_neighbour(skb_dst(skb)); + + if (likely(n)) { if (unlikely(!*to_ipoib_neigh(n))) { ipoib_path_lookup(skb, dev); return NETDEV_TX_OK; -- cgit v1.2.3-18-g5258