This patch fixes a nullpointer dereference if NL802154_ATTR_SEC_KEY is not set by the user. If this is the case nl802154 will return -EINVAL. Reported-by: syzbot+ce4e062c2d51977ddc50@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Alexander Aring <aahringo@xxxxxxxxxx> --- net/ieee802154/nl802154.c | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/net/ieee802154/nl802154.c b/net/ieee802154/nl802154.c index 063b12cba71f..3f6d86d63923 100644 --- a/net/ieee802154/nl802154.c +++ b/net/ieee802154/nl802154.c @@ -1544,7 +1544,8 @@ static int nl802154_add_llsec_key(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info) struct ieee802154_llsec_key_id id = { }; u32 commands[NL802154_CMD_FRAME_NR_IDS / 32] = { }; - if (nla_parse_nested_deprecated(attrs, NL802154_KEY_ATTR_MAX, info->attrs[NL802154_ATTR_SEC_KEY], nl802154_key_policy, info->extack)) + if (!info->attrs[NL802154_ATTR_SEC_KEY] || + nla_parse_nested_deprecated(attrs, NL802154_KEY_ATTR_MAX, info->attrs[NL802154_ATTR_SEC_KEY], nl802154_key_policy, info->extack)) return -EINVAL; if (!attrs[NL802154_KEY_ATTR_USAGE_FRAMES] || -- 2.26.2