The __ip_tunnel_create() function returns an ERR_PTR on error so we need
to check for that before dereferencing. This bug was added in commit
6c742e714d8c2 ("ipip: add x-netns support").
Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
v2: Eric Dumazet said v1 patch looked racy and suggested the v2 fix.
diff --git a/net/ipv4/ip_tunnel.c b/net/ipv4/ip_tunnel.c
index a4d9126..830de3f 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/ip_tunnel.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/ip_tunnel.c
@@ -857,13 +857,11 @@ int ip_tunnel_init_net(struct net *net, int ip_tnl_net_id,
/* FB netdevice is special: we have one, and only one per netns.
* Allowing to move it to another netns is clearly unsafe.
*/
- itn->fb_tunnel_dev->features |= NETIF_F_NETNS_LOCAL;
+ if (!IS_ERR(itn->fb_tunnel_dev))
+ itn->fb_tunnel_dev->features |= NETIF_F_NETNS_LOCAL;
rtnl_unlock();
- if (IS_ERR(itn->fb_tunnel_dev))
- return PTR_ERR(itn->fb_tunnel_dev);
-
- return 0;
+ return PTR_RET(itn->fb_tunnel_dev);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ip_tunnel_init_net);
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