From: Sven Eckelmann <sven.eckelmann@xxxxxxxxxxxx> commit 198a62ddffa4a4ffaeb741f642b7b52f2d91ae9b upstream. The batadv_v_gw_is_eligible function already assumes that orig_node is not NULL. But batadv_gw_node_get may have failed to find the originator. It must therefore be checked whether the batadv_gw_node_get failed and not whether orig_node is NULL to detect this error. Fixes: 50164d8f500f ("batman-adv: B.A.T.M.A.N. V - implement GW selection logic") Signed-off-by: Sven Eckelmann <sven.eckelmann@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Acked-by: Antonio Quartulli <a@xxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Simon Wunderlich <sw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- net/batman-adv/bat_v.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) --- a/net/batman-adv/bat_v.c +++ b/net/batman-adv/bat_v.c @@ -814,7 +814,7 @@ static bool batadv_v_gw_is_eligible(stru } orig_gw = batadv_gw_node_get(bat_priv, orig_node); - if (!orig_node) + if (!orig_gw) goto out; if (batadv_v_gw_throughput_get(orig_gw, &orig_throughput) < 0)