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netfilter: nfnetlink: check 'skb->dev' pointer in nfulnl_log_packet()

Message ID 20221202083304.9005-1-liqiong@nfschina.com (mailing list archive)
State Awaiting Upstream
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Series netfilter: nfnetlink: check 'skb->dev' pointer in nfulnl_log_packet() | expand

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Commit Message

Li Qiong Dec. 2, 2022, 8:33 a.m. UTC
The 'skb->dev' may be NULL, it should be better to check it.

Signed-off-by: Li Qiong <liqiong@nfschina.com>
---
 net/netfilter/nfnetlink_log.c | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

Comments

Dan Carpenter Dec. 2, 2022, 10:20 a.m. UTC | #1
On Fri, Dec 02, 2022 at 04:33:04PM +0800, Li Qiong wrote:
> The 'skb->dev' may be NULL, it should be better to check it.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Li Qiong <liqiong@nfschina.com>
> ---

This needs a Fixes tag as well.

Here my records show that I looked at this in 2018 but I probably
ignored it based on that the code was introduced in 2012.  When warnings
are really ancient sometimes I just assume they must be false positives
or someone would have hit it in testing.

Also for really ancient bugs, it's hard to contact the original author
or they have forgotten the details of the code.

regards,
dan carpenter
Pablo Neira Ayuso Dec. 5, 2022, 2:28 p.m. UTC | #2
On Fri, Dec 02, 2022 at 04:33:04PM +0800, Li Qiong wrote:
> The 'skb->dev' may be NULL, it should be better to check it.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Li Qiong <liqiong@nfschina.com>
> ---
>  net/netfilter/nfnetlink_log.c | 4 ++--
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_log.c b/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_log.c
> index d97eb280cb2e..74ac9fa40137 100644
> --- a/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_log.c
> +++ b/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_log.c
> @@ -572,7 +572,7 @@ __build_packet_message(struct nfnl_log_net *log,
>  		}
>  	}
>  
> -	if (indev && skb_mac_header_was_set(skb)) {
> +	if (indev && skb->dev && skb_mac_header_was_set(skb)) {
>  		if (nla_put_be16(inst->skb, NFULA_HWTYPE, htons(skb->dev->type)) ||
>  		    nla_put_be16(inst->skb, NFULA_HWLEN,
>  				 htons(skb->dev->hard_header_len)))
> @@ -724,7 +724,7 @@ nfulnl_log_packet(struct net *net,
>  		+ nla_total_size(sizeof(struct nfulnl_msg_packet_timestamp))
>  		+ nla_total_size(sizeof(struct nfgenmsg));	/* NLMSG_DONE */
>  
> -	if (in && skb_mac_header_was_set(skb)) {
> +	if (in && skb->dev && skb_mac_header_was_set(skb)) {
>  		size += nla_total_size(skb->dev->hard_header_len)
>  			+ nla_total_size(sizeof(u_int16_t))	/* hwtype */
>  			+ nla_total_size(sizeof(u_int16_t));	/* hwlen */

skb->dev is always guaranteed to be set in this path.
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diff --git a/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_log.c b/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_log.c
index d97eb280cb2e..74ac9fa40137 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_log.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_log.c
@@ -572,7 +572,7 @@  __build_packet_message(struct nfnl_log_net *log,
 		}
 	}
 
-	if (indev && skb_mac_header_was_set(skb)) {
+	if (indev && skb->dev && skb_mac_header_was_set(skb)) {
 		if (nla_put_be16(inst->skb, NFULA_HWTYPE, htons(skb->dev->type)) ||
 		    nla_put_be16(inst->skb, NFULA_HWLEN,
 				 htons(skb->dev->hard_header_len)))
@@ -724,7 +724,7 @@  nfulnl_log_packet(struct net *net,
 		+ nla_total_size(sizeof(struct nfulnl_msg_packet_timestamp))
 		+ nla_total_size(sizeof(struct nfgenmsg));	/* NLMSG_DONE */
 
-	if (in && skb_mac_header_was_set(skb)) {
+	if (in && skb->dev && skb_mac_header_was_set(skb)) {
 		size += nla_total_size(skb->dev->hard_header_len)
 			+ nla_total_size(sizeof(u_int16_t))	/* hwtype */
 			+ nla_total_size(sizeof(u_int16_t));	/* hwlen */