[PATCH v2 6.1] netfilter: Null pointer dereference in nf_tables_updobj

From: Alok Tiwari
Date: Tue Jan 17 2023 - 10:49:18 EST


static analyzer detect null pointer dereference case for 'type'
function __nft_obj_type_get() can return NULL value which require to handle
if type is NULL pointer return -ENOENT

Signed-off-by: Alok Tiwari <alok.a.tiwari@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c | 3 +++
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c b/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
index 3ba8c291fcaa..dca5352bdf3d 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
@@ -6951,6 +6951,9 @@ static int nf_tables_newobj(struct sk_buff *skb, const struct nfnl_info *info,
return -EOPNOTSUPP;

type = __nft_obj_type_get(objtype);
+ if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!type))
+ return -ENOENT;
+
nft_ctx_init(&ctx, net, skb, info->nlh, family, table, NULL, nla);

return nf_tables_updobj(&ctx, type, nla[NFTA_OBJ_DATA], obj);
--
2.38.1