On Thu, Feb 17, 2022 at 03:32:52PM -0600, Glenn Washburn wrote: > On Thu, 17 Feb 2022 21:48:58 +0800 > Qiumiao Zhang via Grub-devel <grub-devel@gnu.org> wrote: > > > During UEFI PXE boot in IPv6 network, if the DHCP server adopts stateful > > automatic > > configuration, when the client receives the ICMP6_ROUTER_ADVERTISE message > > multicast > > from the server, it will cause the problem of dereference null > > pointer and cause the grub2 program to crash. > > This commit message could be more clear. Maybe have something like: > > During UEFI PXE boot in IPv6 network, if the DHCP server adopts > stateful automatic configuration, then the client receives a > ICMP6_ROUTER_ADVERTISE multicast message from the server. This may be > received without the interfaced having a configured network address, > so orig_inf will be null, which can lead to a null dereference when > creating the default route. > > Of course, assuming that the above is in fact correct. > > > > > Fixes bug: https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/index.php?62072 > > --- > > grub-core/net/icmp6.c | 2 +- > > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) > > > > diff --git a/grub-core/net/icmp6.c b/grub-core/net/icmp6.c > > index 2cbd95d..264fc4a 100644 > > --- a/grub-core/net/icmp6.c > > +++ b/grub-core/net/icmp6.c > > @@ -477,7 +477,7 @@ grub_net_recv_icmp6_packet (struct grub_net_buff *nb, > > > > /* May not have gotten slaac info, find a global address on this > > card. */ > > - if (route_inf == NULL) > > + if (route_inf == NULL && orig_inf != NULL) > > So if orig_inf == NULL and route_inf == NULL here, we do not set a > default route. Does this have any implications to be concerned about? > > In this case, can we still find a good route interface and setup a > default route?
Qiumiao, I am happy to take this patch but before that please address Glenn's concerns. Daniel _______________________________________________ Grub-devel mailing list Grub-devel@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/grub-devel