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netlabel: Fix a potential NULL pointer dereference

Message ID 20081202032755.17851.61631.stgit@flek.lan
State Accepted, archived
Delegated to: David Miller
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Paul Moore Dec. 2, 2008, 3:27 a.m. UTC 
Fix a potential NULL pointer dereference seen when trying to remove a static
label configuration with an invalid address/mask combination.

Signed-off-by: Paul Moore <paul.moore@hp.com>
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 net/netlabel/netlabel_unlabeled.c |   10 ++++++----
 1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)


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David Miller Dec. 3, 2008, 8:37 a.m. UTC | #1 
From: Paul Moore <paul.moore@hp.com>
Date: Mon, 01 Dec 2008 22:27:55 -0500

> Fix a potential NULL pointer dereference seen when trying to remove a static
> label configuration with an invalid address/mask combination.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Paul Moore <paul.moore@hp.com>

Applied to net-2.6, thanks Paul.
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diff --git a/net/netlabel/netlabel_unlabeled.c b/net/netlabel/netlabel_unlabeled.c
index e8a5c32..90c8506 100644
--- a/net/netlabel/netlabel_unlabeled.c
+++ b/net/netlabel/netlabel_unlabeled.c
@@ -574,9 +574,10 @@  static int netlbl_unlhsh_remove_addr4(struct net *net,
 	list_entry = netlbl_af4list_remove(addr->s_addr, mask->s_addr,
 					   &iface->addr4_list);
 	spin_unlock(&netlbl_unlhsh_lock);
-	if (list_entry == NULL)
+	if (list_entry != NULL)
+		entry = netlbl_unlhsh_addr4_entry(list_entry);
+	else
 		ret_val = -ENOENT;
-	entry = netlbl_unlhsh_addr4_entry(list_entry);
 
 	audit_buf = netlbl_audit_start_common(AUDIT_MAC_UNLBL_STCDEL,
 					      audit_info);
@@ -634,9 +635,10 @@  static int netlbl_unlhsh_remove_addr6(struct net *net,
 	spin_lock(&netlbl_unlhsh_lock);
 	list_entry = netlbl_af6list_remove(addr, mask, &iface->addr6_list);
 	spin_unlock(&netlbl_unlhsh_lock);
-	if (list_entry == NULL)
+	if (list_entry != NULL)
+		entry = netlbl_unlhsh_addr6_entry(list_entry);
+	else
 		ret_val = -ENOENT;
-	entry = netlbl_unlhsh_addr6_entry(list_entry);
 
 	audit_buf = netlbl_audit_start_common(AUDIT_MAC_UNLBL_STCDEL,
 					      audit_info);