[PATCH net V3] selftests/net/ipsec: Fix Null pointer dereference in rtattr_pack()

[PATCH net V3] selftests/net/ipsec: Fix Null pointer dereference in rtattr_pack()

[Liu Ye]

From: Liu Ye <liuye@kylinos.cn>

Address Null pointer dereference in rtattr_pack.

Flagged by cppcheck as:
    tools/testing/selftests/net/ipsec.c:230:25: warning: Possible null pointer
    dereference: payload [nullPointer]
    memcpy(RTA_DATA(attr), payload, size);
                           ^
    tools/testing/selftests/net/ipsec.c:1618:54: note: Calling function 'rtattr_pack',
    4th argument 'NULL' value is 0
    if (rtattr_pack(&req.nh, sizeof(req), XFRMA_IF_ID, NULL, 0)) {
                                                       ^
    tools/testing/selftests/net/ipsec.c:230:25: note: Null pointer dereference
    memcpy(RTA_DATA(attr), payload, size);
                           ^
Fixes: 70bfdf62e93a ("selftests/net/ipsec: Add test for xfrm_spdattr_type_t")
Signed-off-by: Liu Ye <liuye@kylinos.cn>
---
V3: Remove the redundant from.
    Sign-off after fixes.
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---
---
 tools/testing/selftests/net/ipsec.c | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/net/ipsec.c b/tools/testing/selftests/net/ipsec.c
index be4a30a0d02a..9b44a091802c 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/net/ipsec.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/net/ipsec.c
@@ -227,7 +227,8 @@ static int rtattr_pack(struct nlmsghdr *nh, size_t req_sz,
 
 	attr->rta_len = RTA_LENGTH(size);
 	attr->rta_type = rta_type;
-	memcpy(RTA_DATA(attr), payload, size);
+	if (payload)
+		memcpy(RTA_DATA(attr), payload, size);
 
 	return 0;
 }
-- 
2.25.1

Re: [PATCH net V3] selftests/net/ipsec: Fix Null pointer dereference in rtattr_pack()

[patchwork-bot+netdevbpf]

Hello:

This patch was applied to netdev/net-next.git (main)
by Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>:

On Thu, 16 Jan 2025 09:30:37 +0800 you wrote:
> From: Liu Ye <liuye@kylinos.cn>
> 
> Address Null pointer dereference in rtattr_pack.
> 
> Flagged by cppcheck as:
>     tools/testing/selftests/net/ipsec.c:230:25: warning: Possible null pointer
>     dereference: payload [nullPointer]
>     memcpy(RTA_DATA(attr), payload, size);
>                            ^
>     tools/testing/selftests/net/ipsec.c:1618:54: note: Calling function 'rtattr_pack',
>     4th argument 'NULL' value is 0
>     if (rtattr_pack(&req.nh, sizeof(req), XFRMA_IF_ID, NULL, 0)) {
>                                                        ^
>     tools/testing/selftests/net/ipsec.c:230:25: note: Null pointer dereference
>     memcpy(RTA_DATA(attr), payload, size);
>                            ^
> Fixes: 70bfdf62e93a ("selftests/net/ipsec: Add test for xfrm_spdattr_type_t")
> Signed-off-by: Liu Ye <liuye@kylinos.cn>
> 
> [...]

Here is the summary with links:
  - [net,V3] selftests/net/ipsec: Fix Null pointer dereference in rtattr_pack()
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net-next/c/3a0b7fa09521

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