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

[David Ahern]

On 9/17/22 2:29 AM, Nikolay Aleksandrov wrote:
> On 17/09/2022 05:30, Li Zhong wrote:
>> 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;
> 
> These are validated in nh_check_attr_group() and should exist at this point.
> Since remove_nexthop() should run under rtnl I don't see a way for a nexthop
> to disappear after nh_check_attr_group() and before nexthop_create_group().
> 

exactly. That lookup can't fail because the ids have been validated and
all of this is under rtnl preventing nexthop removes.