[next-queue PATCH v8 1/6] net/sched: Check for null dev_queue on create flow

From: Jesus Sanchez-Palencia <redacted>

In qdisc_alloc() the dev_queue pointer was used without any checks
being performed. If qdisc_create() gets a null dev_queue pointer, it
just passes it along to qdisc_alloc(), leading to a crash. That
happens if a root qdisc implements select_queue() and returns a null
dev_queue pointer for an "invalid handle", for example, or if the
dev_queue associated with the parent qdisc is null.

This patch is in preparation for the next in this series, where
select_queue() is being added to mqprio and as it may return a null
dev_queue.

Signed-off-by: Jesus Sanchez-Palencia <redacted>
---
 net/sched/sch_generic.c | 8 +++++++-
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/net/sched/sch_generic.c b/net/sched/sch_generic.c
index a0a198768aad..de2408f1ccd3 100644
--- a/net/sched/sch_generic.c
+++ b/net/sched/sch_generic.c

@@ -603,8 +603,14 @@ struct Qdisc *qdisc_alloc(struct netdev_queue *dev_queue,
 	struct Qdisc *sch;
 	unsigned int size = QDISC_ALIGN(sizeof(*sch)) + ops->priv_size;
 	int err = -ENOBUFS;
-	struct net_device *dev = dev_queue->dev;
+	struct net_device *dev;
+
+	if (!dev_queue) {
+		err = -EINVAL;
+		goto errout;
+	}
 
+	dev = dev_queue->dev;
 	p = kzalloc_node(size, GFP_KERNEL,
 			 netdev_queue_numa_node_read(dev_queue));
 

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