Re: [PATCH] net: bonding: fix NULL pointer dereference in bond_do_ioctl()
From: patchwork-bot+netdevbpf
Date: Thu Jun 04 2026 - 06:03:30 EST
Hello:
This patch was applied to netdev/net.git (main)
by Paolo Abeni <pabeni@xxxxxxxxxx>:
On Mon, 1 Jun 2026 16:56:49 +0800 you wrote:
> In bond_do_ioctl(), slave_dev is obtained via __dev_get_by_name() which
> can return NULL if the requested interface name does not exist. However,
> the subsequent slave_dbg() call is placed before the NULL check:
>
> slave_dev = __dev_get_by_name(net, ifr->ifr_slave);
> slave_dbg(bond_dev, slave_dev, "slave_dev=%p:\n", slave_dev); //here
> if (!slave_dev)
> return -ENODEV;
>
> [...]
Here is the summary with links:
- net: bonding: fix NULL pointer dereference in bond_do_ioctl()
https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net/c/a764b0e8317a
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