ccid_hc_tx_send_packet might be called with a NULL ccid pointer leading to a NULL pointer dereference Below mentioned commit has similarly changes commit 276bdb82dedb ("dccp: check ccid before dereferencing") Reported-by: syzbot+c71bc336c5061153b502@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=c71bc336c5061153b502 Signed-off-by: Bragatheswaran Manickavel <bragathemanick0908@xxxxxxxxx> --- net/dccp/ccid.h | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/net/dccp/ccid.h b/net/dccp/ccid.h index 105f3734dadb..1015dc2b9392 100644 --- a/net/dccp/ccid.h +++ b/net/dccp/ccid.h @@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ static inline int ccid_packet_dequeue_eval(const int return_code) static inline int ccid_hc_tx_send_packet(struct ccid *ccid, struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb) { - if (ccid->ccid_ops->ccid_hc_tx_send_packet != NULL) + if (ccid != NULL && ccid->ccid_ops->ccid_hc_tx_send_packet != NULL) return ccid->ccid_ops->ccid_hc_tx_send_packet(sk, skb); return CCID_PACKET_SEND_AT_ONCE; } -- 2.34.1