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-rw-r--r--drivers/net/ppp/ppp_generic.c9
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/ppp/ppp_generic.c b/drivers/net/ppp/ppp_generic.c
index a393c1dff7dc..7dc2f34e7229 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ppp/ppp_generic.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ppp/ppp_generic.c
@@ -3162,6 +3162,15 @@ ppp_connect_channel(struct channel *pch, int unit)
goto outl;
ppp_lock(ppp);
+ spin_lock_bh(&pch->downl);
+ if (!pch->chan) {
+ /* Don't connect unregistered channels */
+ spin_unlock_bh(&pch->downl);
+ ppp_unlock(ppp);
+ ret = -ENOTCONN;
+ goto outl;
+ }
+ spin_unlock_bh(&pch->downl);
if (pch->file.hdrlen > ppp->file.hdrlen)
ppp->file.hdrlen = pch->file.hdrlen;
hdrlen = pch->file.hdrlen + 2; /* for protocol bytes */