Currently rt6_ex is being dereferenced before it is null checked
hence there is a possible null dereference bug. Fix this by only
dereferencing rt6_ex after it has been null checked.
Detected by CoverityScan, CID#
1457749 ("Dereference before null check")
Fixes:
81eb8447daae ("ipv6: take care of rt6_stats")
Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@canonical.com>
Reviewed-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
Acked-by: Martin KaFai Lau <kafai@fb.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
static void rt6_remove_exception(struct rt6_exception_bucket *bucket,
struct rt6_exception *rt6_ex)
{
- struct net *net = dev_net(rt6_ex->rt6i->dst.dev);
+ struct net *net;
if (!bucket || !rt6_ex)
return;
+
+ net = dev_net(rt6_ex->rt6i->dst.dev);
rt6_ex->rt6i->rt6i_node = NULL;
hlist_del_rcu(&rt6_ex->hlist);
rt6_release(rt6_ex->rt6i);