Add NULL check before dereferencing pointer _p_ inside br_afspec(). Addresses-Coverity-ID: 1401872 Signed-off-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva <garsilva@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- net/bridge/br_netlink.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/net/bridge/br_netlink.c b/net/bridge/br_netlink.c index 1e63ec4..ad85a9c 100644 --- a/net/bridge/br_netlink.c +++ b/net/bridge/br_netlink.c @@ -776,7 +776,7 @@ int br_setlink(struct net_device *dev, struct nlmsghdr *nlh, u16 flags) goto out; } - if (afspec) { + if (p && afspec) { err = br_afspec((struct net_bridge *)netdev_priv(dev), p, afspec, RTM_SETLINK); } -- 2.5.0