[PATCH 5.9 32/49] net: tipc: prevent possible null deref of link

From: Greg Kroah-Hartman
Date: Sat Dec 19 2020 - 08:00:43 EST


From: Cengiz Can <cengiz@xxxxxxxxxx>

[ Upstream commit 0398ba9e5a4b5675aa571e0445689d3c2e499c2d ]

`tipc_node_apply_property` does a null check on a `tipc_link_entry`
pointer but also accesses the same pointer out of the null check block.

This triggers a warning on Coverity Static Analyzer because we're
implying that `e->link` can BE null.

Move "Update MTU for node link entry" line into if block to make sure
that we're not in a state that `e->link` is null.

Signed-off-by: Cengiz Can <cengiz@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
net/tipc/node.c | 6 ++++--
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

--- a/net/tipc/node.c
+++ b/net/tipc/node.c
@@ -2170,9 +2170,11 @@ void tipc_node_apply_property(struct net
&xmitq);
else if (prop == TIPC_NLA_PROP_MTU)
tipc_link_set_mtu(e->link, b->mtu);
+
+ /* Update MTU for node link entry */
+ e->mtu = tipc_link_mss(e->link);
}
- /* Update MTU for node link entry */
- e->mtu = tipc_link_mss(e->link);
+
tipc_node_write_unlock(n);
tipc_bearer_xmit(net, bearer_id, &xmitq, &e->maddr, NULL);
}