net: fib6: fib6_commit_metrics: fix potential NULL pointer dereference
When IPv6 host routes with metrics attached are being added, we fetch the metrics store from the dst via COW through dst_metrics_write_ptr(), added through commit e5fd387a. One remaining problem here is that we actually call into inet_getpeer() and may end up allocating/creating a new peer from the kmemcache, which may fail. Example trace from perf probe (inet_getpeer:41) where create is 1: ip 6877 [002] 4221.391591: probe:inet_getpeer: (ffffffff8165e293) 85e294 inet_getpeer.part.7 (<- kmem_cache_alloc()) 85e578 inet_getpeer 8eb333 ipv6_cow_metrics 8f10ff fib6_commit_metrics Therefore, a check for NULL on the return of dst_metrics_write_ptr() is necessary here. Joint work with Florian Westphal. Fixes: e5fd387a ("ipv6: do not overwrite inetpeer metrics prematurely") Cc: Michal Kubeček <mkubecek@suse.cz> Signed-off-by: Florian Westphal <fw@strlen.de> Signed-off-by: Daniel Borkmann <dborkman@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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