Re: BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 000002c0 / IP: [<c04c70f2>] in6_dev_finish_destroy+0x35/0x8c

[Patrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net>]

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Am 15.04.2011 18:18, schrieb Simon Arlott:
> On 15/04/11 14:24, Eric Dumazet wrote:
>> Hmm.. a more complete patch :
>>
>> diff --git a/net/ipv6/netfilter/nf_conntrack_reasm.c b/net/ipv6/netfilter/nf_conntrack_reasm.c
>> index 0857272..6f0bed0 100644
> 
> I applied the patch by recompiling and then reloading the nf_conntrack_ipv6
> module (temporarily flushing and then restoring all ip6tables rules).
> Then this happened 10 minutes later:
> 
> [33876.950100] BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 00000014
> [33876.951060] IP: [<f9b012bb>] nf_ct_frag6_gather+0x864/0x881 [nf_conntrack_ipv6]

nf_ct_frag6_reasm() can return NULL, so we need to check for a non-NULL
ret_skb before trying to set the device.

Does this patch (based on Eric's second version) help?


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diff --git a/net/ipv6/netfilter/nf_conntrack_reasm.c b/net/ipv6/netfilter/nf_conntrack_reasm.c
index 0857272..b7ecfce 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/netfilter/nf_conntrack_reasm.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/netfilter/nf_conntrack_reasm.c
@@ -576,7 +576,9 @@ struct sk_buff *nf_ct_frag6_gather(struct sk_buff *skb, u32 user)
 	if (fq->q.last_in == (INET_FRAG_FIRST_IN | INET_FRAG_LAST_IN) &&
 	    fq->q.meat == fq->q.len) {
 		ret_skb = nf_ct_frag6_reasm(fq, dev);
-		if (ret_skb == NULL)
+		if (ret_skb != NULL)
+			ret_skb->dev = dev;
+		else
 			pr_debug("Can't reassemble fragmented packets\n");
 	}
 	spin_unlock_bh(&fq->q.lock);
@@ -602,7 +604,7 @@ void nf_ct_frag6_output(unsigned int hooknum, struct sk_buff *skb,
 
 		s2 = s->next;
 		s->next = NULL;
-
+		s->dev = in;
 		NF_HOOK_THRESH(NFPROTO_IPV6, hooknum, s, in, out, okfn,
 			       NF_IP6_PRI_CONNTRACK_DEFRAG + 1);
 		s = s2;