[dpdk-dev] [PATCH 2/3] examples/ipsec_secgw: fix possible NULL dereference
Ananyev, Konstantin
konstantin.ananyev at intel.com
Wed Mar 27 14:19:58 CET 2019
Hi Akhil,
> > Fixes: 3e5f4625dc17 ("examples/ipsec-secgw: make data-path to use IPsec library")
> > Coverity issue: 336844
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Konstantin Ananyev <konstantin.ananyev at intel.com>
> > ---
> > examples/ipsec-secgw/ipsec_process.c | 11 ++++-------
> > 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/examples/ipsec-secgw/ipsec_process.c b/examples/ipsec-secgw/ipsec_process.c
> > index e403c461a..3f9cacb8f 100644
> > --- a/examples/ipsec-secgw/ipsec_process.c
> > +++ b/examples/ipsec-secgw/ipsec_process.c
> > @@ -217,16 +217,11 @@ ipsec_process(struct ipsec_ctx *ctx, struct ipsec_traffic *trf)
> > pg = grp + i;
> > sa = pg->id.ptr;
> >
> > - /* no valid SA found */
> > - if (sa == NULL)
> > - k = 0;
> > -
> > ips = &sa->ips;
> I think this is not fixing the NULL dereference properly. This line
> would give fault if sa is null.
I don't think it would - here we just get an address of ips,
we don't try to access it.
Konstantin
> > - satp = rte_ipsec_sa_type(ips->sa);
> >
> > /* no valid HW session for that SA, try to create one */
> > - if (ips->crypto.ses == NULL &&
> > - fill_ipsec_session(ips, ctx, sa) != 0)
> > + if (sa == NULL || (ips->crypto.ses == NULL &&
> > + fill_ipsec_session(ips, ctx, sa) != 0))
> > k = 0;
> >
> > /* process packets inline */
> > @@ -234,6 +229,8 @@ ipsec_process(struct ipsec_ctx *ctx, struct ipsec_traffic *trf)
> > sa->type ==
> > RTE_SECURITY_ACTION_TYPE_INLINE_PROTOCOL) {
> >
> > + satp = rte_ipsec_sa_type(ips->sa);
> > +
> > /*
> > * This is just to satisfy inbound_sa_check()
> > * and get_hop_for_offload_pkt().
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