[PATCH] net: fix potential null pointer dereference
From: Gustavo A. R. Silva
Date: Tue May 23 2017 - 19:19:03 EST
Add null check to avoid a potential null pointer dereference.
Addresses-Coverity-ID: 1408831
Signed-off-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva <garsilva@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/net/gtp.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/gtp.c b/drivers/net/gtp.c
index 4fea1b3..7b652bb 100644
--- a/drivers/net/gtp.c
+++ b/drivers/net/gtp.c
@@ -873,7 +873,7 @@ static struct gtp_dev *gtp_find_dev(struct net *src_net, struct nlattr *nla[])
/* Check if there's an existing gtpX device to configure */
dev = dev_get_by_index_rcu(net, nla_get_u32(nla[GTPA_LINK]));
- if (dev->netdev_ops == >p_netdev_ops)
+ if (dev && dev->netdev_ops == >p_netdev_ops)
gtp = netdev_priv(dev);
put_net(net);
--
2.5.0