[PATCH 3.19.y-ckt 99/99] can: fix handling of unmodifiable configuration options fix

[Kamal Mostafa]

3.19.8-ckt23 -stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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From: Oliver Hartkopp <socketcan at hartkopp.net>

commit bce271f255dae8335dc4d2ee2c4531e09cc67f5a upstream.

With upstream commit bb208f144cf3f59 (can: fix handling of unmodifiable
configuration options) a new can_validate() function was introduced.

When invoking 'ip link set can0 type can' without any configuration data
can_validate() tries to validate the content without taking into account that
there's totally no content. This patch adds a check for missing content.

Reported-by: ajneu <ajneu1 at gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Oliver Hartkopp <socketcan at hartkopp.net>
Signed-off-by: Marc Kleine-Budde <mkl at pengutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Kamal Mostafa <kamal at canonical.com>
---
 drivers/net/can/dev.c | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/net/can/dev.c b/drivers/net/can/dev.c
index 8fa4d9e..a52069e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/can/dev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/can/dev.c
@@ -795,6 +795,9 @@ static int can_validate(struct nlattr *tb[], struct nlattr *data[])
 	 * - control mode with CAN_CTRLMODE_FD set
 	 */
 
+	if (!data)
+		return 0;
+
 	if (data[IFLA_CAN_CTRLMODE]) {
 		struct can_ctrlmode *cm = nla_data(data[IFLA_CAN_CTRLMODE]);
 
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2.7.4