[PATCH v1] net/ipv4/nexthop: check the return value of nexthop_find_by_id()

[Li Zhong]

Check the return value of nexthop_find_by_id(), which could be NULL on
when not found. So we check to avoid null pointer dereference.

Signed-off-by: Li Zhong <floridsleeves@xxxxxxxxx>
---
 net/ipv4/nexthop.c | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/net/ipv4/nexthop.c b/net/ipv4/nexthop.c
index 853a75a8fbaf..9f91bb78eed5 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/nexthop.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/nexthop.c
@@ -2445,6 +2445,10 @@ static struct nexthop *nexthop_create_group(struct net *net,
 		struct nh_info *nhi;
 
 		nhe = nexthop_find_by_id(net, entry[i].id);
+		if (!nhe) {
+			err = -EINVAL;
+			goto out_no_nh;
+		}
 		if (!nexthop_get(nhe)) {
 			err = -ENOENT;
 			goto out_no_nh;
-- 
2.25.1