[PATCH net-next] tipc: Fix NULL pointer dereference in __tipc_sendstream()

From: YueHaibing
Date: Thu May 28 2020 - 10:38:50 EST


tipc_sendstream() may send zero length packet, then tipc_msg_append()
do not alloc skb, skb_peek_tail() will get NULL, msg_set_ack_required
will trigger NULL pointer dereference.

Reported-by: syzbot+8eac6d030e7807c21d32@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Fixes: 0a3e060f340d ("tipc: add test for Nagle algorithm effectiveness")
Signed-off-by: YueHaibing <yuehaibing@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
net/tipc/socket.c | 8 ++++++--
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/tipc/socket.c b/net/tipc/socket.c
index d6b67d07d22e..2943561399f1 100644
--- a/net/tipc/socket.c
+++ b/net/tipc/socket.c
@@ -1588,8 +1588,12 @@ static int __tipc_sendstream(struct socket *sock, struct msghdr *m, size_t dlen)
tsk->pkt_cnt += skb_queue_len(txq);
} else {
skb = skb_peek_tail(txq);
- msg_set_ack_required(buf_msg(skb));
- tsk->expect_ack = true;
+ if (skb) {
+ msg_set_ack_required(buf_msg(skb));
+ tsk->expect_ack = true;
+ } else {
+ tsk->expect_ack = false;
+ }
tsk->msg_acc = 0;
tsk->pkt_cnt = 0;
}
--
2.17.1