Subject: Fix NULL pointer dereference get_ipv6_l4proto() ID: CVE-2019-8376 Origin: v4.3.1-2-gecee2ace Upstream-Author: Gabriel Ganne Date: Wed Mar 6 14:31:08 2019 +0100 Bug-Debian: https://bugs.debian.org/922624 get_ipv6_next() returns NULL on malformed packets. If that happens return the last proto that could be read. This should fix issue #537 --- a/src/common/get.c +++ b/src/common/get.c @@ -536,6 +536,8 @@ case TCPR_IPV6_NH_HBH: dbgx(3, "Jumping to next extension header (0x%hhx)", proto); exthdr = get_ipv6_next((struct tcpr_ipv6_ext_hdr_base *)ptr, len); + if (exthdr == NULL) + return proto; proto = exthdr->ip_nh; ptr = (u_char *)exthdr; break;