Good catch!!!

Can you also check for mask_len before calling nl_attr_find__() as is done
in other places in the same function?

*Vasu Dasari*


On Wed, Sep 1, 2021 at 2:29 AM Yunjian Wang <[email protected]> wrote:

> This patch fixes (dereference after null check) coverity issue.
> For this reason, we should add null check of 'mask' before calling
> nl_attr_find__() because the 'mask' maybe null.
>
> Addresses-Coverity: ("Dereference after null check")
> Fixes: e6cc0babc25d ("ovs-dpctl: Add mega flow support")
> Signed-off-by: Yunjian Wang <[email protected]>
> ---
> v2:
>   * update code styles suggested by Aaron Conole
> ---
>  lib/odp-util.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/lib/odp-util.c b/lib/odp-util.c
> index 7729a9060..bf427f027 100644
> --- a/lib/odp-util.c
> +++ b/lib/odp-util.c
> @@ -4618,7 +4618,7 @@ odp_flow_format(const struct nlattr *key, size_t
> key_len,
>              }
>              ds_put_char(ds, ')');
>          }
> -        if (!has_ethtype_key) {
> +        if (!has_ethtype_key && mask) {
>              const struct nlattr *ma = nl_attr_find__(mask, mask_len,
>
> OVS_KEY_ATTR_ETHERTYPE);
>              if (ma) {
> --
> 2.18.1
>
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