From: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@xxxxxxxxx>
commit 1ae292a2457cd692828da2be87cb967260993ad0 upstream.
If no RARP, BOOTP, or DHCP response is received, ic_dev is never set,
causing a NULL pointer dereference in ic_close_devs():
Sending DHCP requests ...... timed out!
Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 00000004
To fix this, add a check to avoid dereferencing ic_dev if it is still
NULL.
Signed-off-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@xxxxxxxxx>
Fixes: 2647cffb2bc6fbed ("net: ipconfig: Support using "delayed" DHCP replies")
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
[Patryk: cherry-picked to 4.4]
Signed-off-by: Patryk Mungai <patryk.mungai-ndungu.kx@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
net/ipv4/ipconfig.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/net/ipv4/ipconfig.c b/net/ipv4/ipconfig.c
index 6b78590..ca658af 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/ipconfig.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/ipconfig.c
@@ -313,7 +313,7 @@ static void __init ic_close_devs(void)
while ((d = next)) {
next = d->next;
dev = d->dev;
- if (dev != ic_dev->dev && !netdev_uses_dsa(dev)) {
+ if ((!ic_dev || dev != ic_dev->dev) && !netdev_uses_dsa(dev)) {
pr_debug("IP-Config: Downing %s\n", dev->name);
dev_change_flags(dev, d->flags);
}
--
2.7.4
