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ipv6: fix NULL reference in proxy neighbor discovery

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The addition of TLLAO option created a kernel OOPS regression
for the case where neighbor advertisement is being sent via
proxy path.  When using proxy, ipv6_get_ifaddr() returns NULL
causing the NULL dereference.

Change causing the bug was:
commit f7734fdf61
Author: Octavian Purdila <opurdila@ixiacom.com>
Date:   Fri Oct 2 11:39:15 2009 +0000

    make TLLAO option for NA packets configurable

Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@vyatta.com>
Acked-by: YOSHIFUJI Hideaki <yoshfuji@linux-ipv6.org>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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stephen hemminger 2010-06-21 11:00:13 +00:00 committed by David S. Miller
parent 1a61a83ff5
commit 9f888160bd
1 changed files with 1 additions and 1 deletions
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net/ipv6/ndisc.c
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@ -586,6 +586,7 @@ static void ndisc_send_na(struct net_device *dev, struct neighbour *neigh,
src_addr = solicited_addr;
if (ifp->flags & IFA_F_OPTIMISTIC)
override = 0;
inc_opt |= ifp->idev->cnf.force_tllao;
in6_ifa_put(ifp);
} else {
if (ipv6_dev_get_saddr(dev_net(dev), dev, daddr,
@ -599,7 +600,6 @@ static void ndisc_send_na(struct net_device *dev, struct neighbour *neigh,
icmp6h.icmp6_solicited = solicited;
icmp6h.icmp6_override = override;
inc_opt |= ifp->idev->cnf.force_tllao;
__ndisc_send(dev, neigh, daddr, src_addr,
&icmp6h, solicited_addr,
inc_opt ? ND_OPT_TARGET_LL_ADDR : 0);