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diff --git a/drivers/net/vxlan.c b/drivers/net/vxlan.c index cb6f529..dedad38 100644 --- a/drivers/net/vxlan.c +++ b/drivers/net/vxlan.c @@ -724,6 +724,9 @@ static int arp_reduce(struct net_device *dev, struct sk_buff *skb) neigh_release(n); + if (reply == NULL) + goto out; + skb_reset_mac_header(reply); __skb_pull(reply, skb_network_offset(reply)); reply->ip_summed = CHECKSUM_UNNECESSARY;
This is a note to let you know that I have just added a patch titled vxlan: fix potential NULL dereference in arp_reduce() to the linux-3.8.y-queue branch of the 3.8.y.z extended stable tree which can be found at: http://kernel.ubuntu.com/git?p=ubuntu/linux.git;a=shortlog;h=refs/heads/linux-3.8.y-queue This patch is scheduled to be released in version 3.8.13.22. If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to this tree, please reply to this email. For more information about the 3.8.y.z tree, see https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/Dev/ExtendedStable Thanks. -Kamal ------ From c6bdd4f93ab3830883db4662f70bdb73c1505ceb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: David Stevens <dlstevens@us.ibm.com> Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2014 12:32:29 -0400 Subject: vxlan: fix potential NULL dereference in arp_reduce() [ Upstream commit 7346135dcd3f9b57f30a5512094848c678d7143e ] This patch fixes a NULL pointer dereference in the event of an skb allocation failure in arp_reduce(). Signed-Off-By: David L Stevens <dlstevens@us.ibm.com> Acked-by: Cong Wang <cwang@twopensource.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> Signed-off-by: Kamal Mostafa <kamal@canonical.com> --- drivers/net/vxlan.c | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) -- 1.8.3.2