| Message ID | 20230117154548.3403346-1-alok.a.tiwari@oracle.com |
|---|---|
| State | Accepted |
| Delegated to: | Pablo Neira |
| Headers | show |
| Series | [v2,6.1] netfilter: Null pointer dereference in nf_tables_updobj | expand |
On Tue, Jan 17, 2023 at 07:45:49AM -0800, Alok Tiwari wrote: > static analyzer detect null pointer dereference case for 'type' > function __nft_obj_type_get() can return NULL value which require to handle > if type is NULL pointer return -ENOENT Applied, thanks. I have appended: This should not ever happen, because if an object is found, then that implies there is an object type, but let's add this as a failsafe check.
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c b/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c index 3ba8c291fcaa..dca5352bdf3d 100644 --- a/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c +++ b/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c @@ -6951,6 +6951,9 @@ static int nf_tables_newobj(struct sk_buff *skb, const struct nfnl_info *info, return -EOPNOTSUPP; type = __nft_obj_type_get(objtype); + if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!type)) + return -ENOENT; + nft_ctx_init(&ctx, net, skb, info->nlh, family, table, NULL, nla); return nf_tables_updobj(&ctx, type, nla[NFTA_OBJ_DATA], obj);
static analyzer detect null pointer dereference case for 'type' function __nft_obj_type_get() can return NULL value which require to handle if type is NULL pointer return -ENOENT Signed-off-by: Alok Tiwari <alok.a.tiwari@oracle.com> --- net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)