In inet_csk_rebuild_route(), rt is assigned to NULL on line 1071. On line 1076, rt is used: return &rt->dst; Thus, a possible null-pointer dereference may occur.
To fix this bug, rt is checked before being used. This bug is found by a static analysis tool STCheck written by us. Signed-off-by: Jia-Ju Bai <baijiaju1...@gmail.com> --- net/ipv4/inet_connection_sock.c | 5 ++++- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/net/ipv4/inet_connection_sock.c b/net/ipv4/inet_connection_sock.c index f5c163d4771b..27d9d80f3401 100644 --- a/net/ipv4/inet_connection_sock.c +++ b/net/ipv4/inet_connection_sock.c @@ -1073,7 +1073,10 @@ static struct dst_entry *inet_csk_rebuild_route(struct sock *sk, struct flowi *f sk_setup_caps(sk, &rt->dst); rcu_read_unlock(); - return &rt->dst; + if (rt) + return &rt->dst; + else + return NULL; } struct dst_entry *inet_csk_update_pmtu(struct sock *sk, u32 mtu) -- 2.17.0