In bond_main.c:

int bond_create(char *name, struct bond_params *params, struct bonding 
**newbond)
{
...
        /* Check to see if the bond already exists. */
        list_for_each_entry_safe(bond, nxt, &bond_dev_list, bond_list)
                if (strnicmp(bond->dev->name, name, IFNAMSIZ) == 0) {
                        printk(KERN_ERR DRV_NAME
                               ": cannot add bond %s; it already exists\n",


If 'name' is null we get a null dereference in strnicmp()

The code was added in 2.6.24.

Signed-off-by: Chuck Ebbert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

---
(not even compile tested)

 drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c |   20 +++++++++++---------
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

--- linux-2.6.24.noarch.orig/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
+++ linux-2.6.24.noarch/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
@@ -4882,15 +4882,17 @@ int bond_create(char *name, struct bond_
        rtnl_lock();
        down_write(&bonding_rwsem);
 
-       /* Check to see if the bond already exists. */
-       list_for_each_entry_safe(bond, nxt, &bond_dev_list, bond_list)
-               if (strnicmp(bond->dev->name, name, IFNAMSIZ) == 0) {
-                       printk(KERN_ERR DRV_NAME
-                              ": cannot add bond %s; it already exists\n",
-                              name);
-                       res = -EPERM;
-                       goto out_rtnl;
-               }
+       if (name) {
+               /* Check to see if the bond already exists. */
+               list_for_each_entry_safe(bond, nxt, &bond_dev_list, bond_list)
+                       if (strnicmp(bond->dev->name, name, IFNAMSIZ) == 0) {
+                               printk(KERN_ERR DRV_NAME
+                                      ": cannot add bond %s; it already 
exists\n",
+                                      name);
+                               res = -EPERM;
+                               goto out_rtnl;
+                       }
+       }
 
        bond_dev = alloc_netdev(sizeof(struct bonding), name ? name : "",
                                ether_setup);
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