Re: [PATCH net] dccp: check for ccid in ccid_hc_tx_send_packet

Paolo Abeni <[email protected]> Thu, 02 Nov 2023 12:14:53 +0100
Newsgroups org.kernel.vger.dccp,org.kernel.vger.linux-kernel,org.kernel.vger.netdev
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On Sat, 2023-10-28 at 20:11 +0530, Bragatheswaran Manickavel wrote:
> ccid_hc_tx_send_packet might be called with a NULL ccid pointer
> leading to a NULL pointer dereference

You should describe how such event could happen.

> Below mentioned commit has similarly changes
> commit 276bdb82dedb ("dccp: check ccid before dereferencing")
> 
> Reported-by: [email protected]
> Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=c71bc336c5061153b502

and add a suitable fixes here.

(beyond taking care of other critical code paths, as reported by Eric).

Thanks!

Paolo