From 5119e4381a90fabd3442bde02707cbd9e5d7367a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Aaron Conole Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2016 11:35:14 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] netfilter: Fix potential null pointer dereference It's possible for nf_hook_entry_head to return NULL. If two nf_unregister_net_hook calls happen simultaneously with a single hook entry in the list, both will enter the nf_hook_mutex critical section. The first will successfully delete the head, but the second will see this NULL pointer and attempt to dereference. This fix ensures that no null pointer dereference could occur when such a condition happens. Fixes: e3b37f11e6e4 ("netfilter: replace list_head with single linked list") Signed-off-by: Aaron Conole Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso --- net/netfilter/core.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/net/netfilter/core.c b/net/netfilter/core.c index fa6715d..e3f68a7 100644 --- a/net/netfilter/core.c +++ b/net/netfilter/core.c @@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ void nf_unregister_net_hook(struct net *net, const struct nf_hook_ops *reg) mutex_lock(&nf_hook_mutex); hooks_entry = nf_hook_entry_head(net, reg); - if (hooks_entry->orig_ops == reg) { + if (hooks_entry && hooks_entry->orig_ops == reg) { nf_set_hooks_head(net, reg, nf_entry_dereference(hooks_entry->next)); goto unlock; -- 2.7.4