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ipv6: NULL pointer dereferrence in tcp_v6_send_ack

The following actions are possible:
tcp_v6_rcv
  skb->dev = NULL;
  tcp_v6_do_rcv
    tcp_v6_hnd_req
      tcp_check_req
        req->rsk_ops->send_ack == tcp_v6_send_ack

So, skb->dev can be NULL in tcp_v6_send_ack. We must obtain namespace
from dst entry.

Thanks to Vitaliy Gusev <vgusev@openvz.org> for initial problem finding
in IPv4 code.

Signed-off-by: Denis V. Lunev <den@openvz.org>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Denis V. Lunev 16 years ago
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      net/ipv6/tcp_ipv6.c

+ 1 - 1
net/ipv6/tcp_ipv6.c

@@ -1050,7 +1050,7 @@ static void tcp_v6_send_ack(struct sk_buff *skb, u32 seq, u32 ack, u32 win, u32
 	struct tcphdr *th = tcp_hdr(skb), *t1;
 	struct sk_buff *buff;
 	struct flowi fl;
-	struct net *net = dev_net(skb->dev);
+	struct net *net = dev_net(skb->dst->dev);
 	struct sock *ctl_sk = net->ipv6.tcp_sk;
 	unsigned int tot_len = sizeof(struct tcphdr);
 	__be32 *topt;