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Date:      Fri, 21 Mar 2003 10:47:23 -0500 (EST)
From:      "Matthew N. Dodd" <mdodd@FreeBSD.ORG>
To:        src-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-src@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/sys/net bpf.c
Message-ID:  <20030321104447.C8716@sasami.jurai.net>
In-Reply-To: <200303211513.h2LFDTqQ069691@repoman.freebsd.org>
References:  <200303211513.h2LFDTqQ069691@repoman.freebsd.org>

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On Fri, 21 Mar 2003, Matthew N. Dodd wrote:
> mdodd       2003/03/21 07:13:29 PST
>
>   FreeBSD src repository
>
>   Modified files:
>     sys/net              bpf.c
>   Log:
>   Assignment could be NULL, check.

[I've been informed that this is a little terse.]

A struct pointer is assigned as a result of list iteration that could
terminate without a match causing it to be NULL.  A conditional test
referencing it will blow up.

This happened when bpf_detach() is called on an interface that was not
treated to bpf_attach().

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