tipc: add NULL pointer check

skb somehow dequeued out of inputq before processing, it causes to
NULL pointer and kernel crashed.

Add checking skb valid before using.

Fixes: c55c8edafa9 ("tipc: smooth change between replicast and broadcast")
Reported-by: Tuong Lien Tong <tuong.t.lien@dektech.com.au>
Acked-by: Ying Xue <ying.xue@windriver.com>
Signed-off-by: Hoang Le <hoang.h.le@dektech.com.au>
Acked-by: Jon Maloy <jon.maloy@ericsson.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>

1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/net/tipc/bcast.c b/net/tipc/bcast.c
index 76e14dc08bb9..6c997d4a6218 100644
--- a/net/tipc/bcast.c
+++ b/net/tipc/bcast.c
@@ -769,6 +769,9 @@ void tipc_mcast_filter_msg(struct net *net, struct sk_buff_head *defq,
         u32 node, port;
 
         skb = skb_peek(inputq);
+        if (!skb)
+                return;
+
         hdr = buf_msg(skb);
 
         if (likely(!msg_is_syn(hdr) && skb_queue_empty(defq)))