The __dev_get_by_index function can return NULL if it fails to find a device with the provided ifindex. We should handle this case by adding a NULL check and cleaning up if it does happened. Signed-off-by: Qasim Ijaz <qasdev00@xxxxxxxxx> Fixes: a38845729ea3 ("bpf: offload: add map offload infrastructure") --- kernel/bpf/offload.c | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) diff --git a/kernel/bpf/offload.c b/kernel/bpf/offload.c index a10153c3be2d..28a30fa4457a 100644 --- a/kernel/bpf/offload.c +++ b/kernel/bpf/offload.c @@ -530,6 +530,12 @@ struct bpf_map *bpf_map_offload_map_alloc(union bpf_attr *attr) bpf_map_init_from_attr(&offmap->map, attr); rtnl_lock(); offmap->netdev = __dev_get_by_index(net, attr->map_ifindex); + if (!offmap->netdev) { + rtnl_unlock(); + bpf_map_area_free(offmap); + return ERR_PTR(-ENODEV); + } + netdev_lock_ops(offmap->netdev); down_write(&bpf_devs_lock); err = bpf_dev_offload_check(offmap->netdev); -- 2.39.5