Re: [PATCH 6.1] netfilter: Null pointer dereference in nf_tables_updobj

From: Pablo Neira Ayuso
Date: Tue Jan 17 2023 - 09:17:20 EST


On Tue, Jan 17, 2023 at 05:45:38AM -0800, Alok Tiwari wrote:
> static analyzer detect null pointer dereference case for 'type'
> function __nft_obj_type_get() can return NULL value which require to handle
> if type is NULL pointer return -ENOENT

This should not ever happen, but it is good to have a failsafe in this
path.

I'll take this into nf.git, thanks.