The result of nlmsg_find_attr() 'br_spec' is dereferenced in nla_for_each_nested(), but it can take null value in nla_find() function, which will result in an error. Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE. Fixes: 51616018dd1b ("i40e: Add support for getlink, setlink ndo ops") Signed-off-by: Natalia Petrova <n.petrova@xxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c index 53d0083e35da..4626d2a1af91 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c @@ -13167,6 +13167,8 @@ static int i40e_ndo_bridge_setlink(struct net_device *dev, } br_spec = nlmsg_find_attr(nlh, sizeof(struct ifinfomsg), IFLA_AF_SPEC); + if (!br_spec) + return -EINVAL; nla_for_each_nested(attr, br_spec, rem) { __u16 mode; -- 2.34.1