There is a dereference before checking for NULL bug here. Generally free() functions should accept NULL pointers. For example, fl_create() can pass a NULL pointer to fl_free() on the error path. Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx> --- Only needed on linux-next. diff --git a/net/ipv6/ip6_flowlabel.c b/net/ipv6/ip6_flowlabel.c index c836a6a..90bbefb 100644 --- a/net/ipv6/ip6_flowlabel.c +++ b/net/ipv6/ip6_flowlabel.c @@ -91,12 +91,9 @@ static struct ip6_flowlabel *fl_lookup(struct net *net, __be32 label) static void fl_free(struct ip6_flowlabel *fl) { - switch (fl->share) { - case IPV6_FL_S_PROCESS: - put_pid(fl->owner.pid); - break; - } if (fl) { + if (fl->share == IPV6_FL_S_PROCESS) + put_pid(fl->owner.pid); release_net(fl->fl_net); kfree(fl->opt); } -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kernel-janitors" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html