Re: [PATCH net-next] tipc: Fix NULL pointer dereference in __tipc_sendstream()

[David Miller]

From: YueHaibing <yuehaibing@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 28 May 2020 22:34:07 +0800

> tipc_sendstream() may send zero length packet, then tipc_msg_append()
> do not alloc skb, skb_peek_tail() will get NULL, msg_set_ack_required
> will trigger NULL pointer dereference.
> 
> Reported-by: syzbot+8eac6d030e7807c21d32@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Fixes: 0a3e060f340d ("tipc: add test for Nagle algorithm effectiveness")
> Signed-off-by: YueHaibing <yuehaibing@xxxxxxxxxx>

Can a TIPC expert please review this?

Thank you.