Re: [PATCH] [XFRM]: Don't dereference error pointer dst1

From: Eric Dumazet
Date: Wed Sep 29 2010 - 16:45:51 EST


Le jeudi 30 septembre 2010 Ã 00:37 +0200, Roel Kluin a Ãcrit :
> Don't dereference dst1 when it's an error pointer.
>
> Signed-off-by: Roel Kluin <roel.kluin@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> net/xfrm/xfrm_policy.c | 3 ++-
> 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
>
> I just noticed this by code analysis. It wasn't tested in any way.
>
> diff --git a/net/xfrm/xfrm_policy.c b/net/xfrm/xfrm_policy.c
> index cbab6e1..b186c3d 100644
> --- a/net/xfrm/xfrm_policy.c
> +++ b/net/xfrm/xfrm_policy.c
> @@ -1414,13 +1414,14 @@ static struct dst_entry *xfrm_bundle_create(struct xfrm_policy *policy,
>
> for (; i < nx; i++) {
> struct xfrm_dst *xdst = xfrm_alloc_dst(net, family);
> - struct dst_entry *dst1 = &xdst->u.dst;
> + struct dst_entry *dst1;
>
> err = PTR_ERR(xdst);
> if (IS_ERR(xdst)) {
> dst_release(dst);
> goto put_states;
> }
> + dst1 = &xdst->u.dst;
>
> if (!dst_prev)
> dst0 = dst1;
>

This is not a dereference, but a cast from "struct xfrm_dst *" to
"struct dst_entry *"




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