This change is meant to prevent a possible null pointer dereference if
NETIF_F_NTUPLE is defined but the set_rx_ntuple function pointer is not.
This issue appears to affect all kernels since 2.6.34.
Signed-off-by: Alexander Duyck <redacted>
---
net/core/ethtool.c | 3 +++
1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/net/core/ethtool.c b/net/core/ethtool.c
index c1a71bb..4843674 100644
--- a/net/core/ethtool.c
+++ b/net/core/ethtool.c
@@ -893,6 +893,9 @@ static noinline_for_stack int ethtool_set_rx_ntuple(struct net_device *dev,
struct ethtool_rx_ntuple_flow_spec_container *fsc = NULL;
int ret;
+ if (!ops->set_rx_ntuple)
+ return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+
if (!(dev->features & NETIF_F_NTUPLE))
return -EINVAL;