[SRU][F][PATCH 0/1] fix tcp NULL ptr deref

Bethany Jamison bethany.jamison at canonical.com
Tue Sep 3 20:19:02 UTC 2024


Buglink: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/2077657

This patch fixes bug LP#2077657 where a system crash is reported due
to a NULL pointer dereference in TCP. This is because of issues
accurately tracking packets in the write or retransmit queues. This
patch checks that the skb is non-null before trying to read the 
timestamp.

Bethany Jamison (1):
  fix NULL ptr deref causing system crash

 include/net/tcp.h | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

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2.34.1




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