[dpdk-dev] [PATCH 2/3] examples/ipsec_secgw: fix possible NULL dereference

[Akhil Goyal]

Hi Konstantin,

On 3/27/2019 3:03 PM, Konstantin Ananyev wrote:
> 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.
> -		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().