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net: ipv6: check for validity before dereferencing cfg->fc_nlinfo.nlh
authorMuhammad Usama Anjum <musamaanjum@gmail.com>
Thu, 8 Apr 2021 22:01:29 +0000 (03:01 +0500)
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Thu, 8 Apr 2021 23:41:46 +0000 (16:41 -0700)
commit864db232dc7036aa2de19749c3d5be0143b24f8f
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parent2d1b50abf8d4964b14705bfec253be6e80c22099commit | diff
net: ipv6: check for validity before dereferencing cfg->fc_nlinfo.nlh

nlh is being checked for validtity two times when it is dereferenced in
this function. Check for validity again when updating the flags through
nlh pointer to make the dereferencing safe.

CC: <stable@vger.kernel.org>
Addresses-Coverity: ("NULL pointer dereference")
Signed-off-by: Muhammad Usama Anjum <musamaanjum@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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