[PATCH] LLC: Avoid potential NULL dereference in net/llc/af_llc.c::llc_ui_accept() .

From: Jesper Juhl
Date: Wed Nov 01 2006 - 19:20:46 EST


Since skb_dequeue() may return NULL we risk dereferencing a NULL pointer at
if (!skb->sk)
This patch avoids that by also testing for a NULL skb.


Signed-off-by: Jesper Juhl <jesper.juhl@xxxxxxxxx>
---

diff --git a/net/llc/af_llc.c b/net/llc/af_llc.c
index 2652ead..a3c885f 100644
--- a/net/llc/af_llc.c
+++ b/net/llc/af_llc.c
@@ -620,7 +620,7 @@ static int llc_ui_accept(struct socket *
llc_sk(sk)->laddr.lsap);
skb = skb_dequeue(&sk->sk_receive_queue);
rc = -EINVAL;
- if (!skb->sk)
+ if (!skb || !skb->sk)
goto frees;
rc = 0;
newsk = skb->sk;


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