From: Cengiz Can Date: Mon, 7 Dec 2020 08:14:24 +0000 (+0300) Subject: net: tipc: prevent possible null deref of link X-Git-Tag: v5.10.7~1029^2~16 X-Git-Url: http://review.tizen.org/git/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=0398ba9e5a4b5675aa571e0445689d3c2e499c2d;p=platform%2Fkernel%2Flinux-rpi.git net: tipc: prevent possible null deref of link `tipc_node_apply_property` does a null check on a `tipc_link_entry` pointer but also accesses the same pointer out of the null check block. This triggers a warning on Coverity Static Analyzer because we're implying that `e->link` can BE null. Move "Update MTU for node link entry" line into if block to make sure that we're not in a state that `e->link` is null. Signed-off-by: Cengiz Can Signed-off-by: David S. Miller --- diff --git a/net/tipc/node.c b/net/tipc/node.c index c95d037..83978d5 100644 --- a/net/tipc/node.c +++ b/net/tipc/node.c @@ -2181,9 +2181,11 @@ void tipc_node_apply_property(struct net *net, struct tipc_bearer *b, &xmitq); else if (prop == TIPC_NLA_PROP_MTU) tipc_link_set_mtu(e->link, b->mtu); + + /* Update MTU for node link entry */ + e->mtu = tipc_link_mss(e->link); } - /* Update MTU for node link entry */ - e->mtu = tipc_link_mss(e->link); + tipc_node_write_unlock(n); tipc_bearer_xmit(net, bearer_id, &xmitq, &e->maddr, NULL); }