bpftool: Fix undefined behavior in qsort(NULL, 0, ...)

When netfilter has no entry to display, qsort is called with
qsort(NULL, 0, ...). This results in undefined behavior, as UBSan
reports:

net.c:827:2: runtime error: null pointer passed as argument 1, which is declared to never be null

Although the C standard does not explicitly state whether calling qsort
with a NULL pointer when the size is 0 constitutes undefined behavior,
Section 7.1.4 of the C standard (Use of library functions) mentions:

"Each of the following statements applies unless explicitly stated
otherwise in the detailed descriptions that follow: If an argument to a
function has an invalid value (such as a value outside the domain of
the function, or a pointer outside the address space of the program, or
a null pointer, or a pointer to non-modifiable storage when the
corresponding parameter is not const-qualified) or a type (after
promotion) not expected by a function with variable number of
arguments, the behavior is undefined."

To avoid this, add an early return when nf_link_info is NULL to prevent
calling qsort with a NULL pointer.

Signed-off-by: Kuan-Wei Chiu <visitorckw@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Quentin Monnet <qmo@kernel.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20240910150207.3179306-1-visitorckw@gmail.com

diff --git a/tools/bpf/bpftool/net.c b/tools/bpf/bpftool/net.c
index 3c50fc66bb4af6c301e396c0bfe58f3a11e16030..d2242d9f84411f485889e6927d7fc915f7eae687 100644 (file)
--- a/tools/bpf/bpftool/net.c
+++ b/tools/bpf/bpftool/net.c
@@ -880,6 +880,9 @@ static void show_link_netfilter(void)
                nf_link_count++;
        }
 
+       if (!nf_link_info)
+               return;
+
        qsort(nf_link_info, nf_link_count, sizeof(*nf_link_info), netfilter_link_compar);
 
        for (id = 0; id < nf_link_count; id++) {