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Subject[PATCH] net: bridge: fix potential null pointer dereference on return from br_port_get_rtnl()
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br_port_get_rtnl() can return NULL if the network device is not a bridge
port (IFF_BRIDGE_PORT flag not set). br_port_slave_changelink() and
br_port_fill_slave_info() callbacks dereference this pointer without
checking. Currently this is not a problem because slave devices always
set this flag. Add null check in case these conditions ever change.

Detected by CoverityScan, CID 1339613 ("Dereference null return value")

Signed-off-by: Garry McNulty <garrmcnu@gmail.com>
---
net/bridge/br_netlink.c | 9 ++++++---
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/bridge/br_netlink.c b/net/bridge/br_netlink.c
index 9f5eb05b0373..b3ad135b7157 100644
--- a/net/bridge/br_netlink.c
+++ b/net/bridge/br_netlink.c
@@ -947,13 +947,14 @@ static int br_port_slave_changelink(struct net_device *brdev,
struct netlink_ext_ack *extack)
{
struct net_bridge *br = netdev_priv(brdev);
+ struct net_bridge_port *p = br_port_get_rtnl(dev);
int ret;

- if (!data)
+ if (!data || !p)
return 0;

spin_lock_bh(&br->lock);
- ret = br_setport(br_port_get_rtnl(dev), data);
+ ret = br_setport(p, data);
spin_unlock_bh(&br->lock);

return ret;
@@ -963,7 +964,9 @@ static int br_port_fill_slave_info(struct sk_buff *skb,
const struct net_device *brdev,
const struct net_device *dev)
{
- return br_port_fill_attrs(skb, br_port_get_rtnl(dev));
+ struct net_bridge_port *p = br_port_get_rtnl(dev);
+
+ return p ? br_port_fill_attrs(skb, p) : -EINVAL;
}

static size_t br_port_get_slave_size(const struct net_device *brdev,
--
2.14.4
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