net: ipv6: check for validity before dereferencing cfg->fc_nlinfo.nlh

stable inclusion
from linux-4.19.187
commit 426853f87e34c9945a655e8997d2f551b12ceb76

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commit 864db232 upstream.

nlh is being checked for validtity two times when it is dereferenced in
this function. Check for validity again when updating the flags through
nlh pointer to make the dereferencing safe.

CC: <stable@vger.kernel.org>
Addresses-Coverity: ("NULL pointer dereference")
Signed-off-by: NMuhammad Usama Anjum <musamaanjum@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: NDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Signed-off-by: NGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Signed-off-by: NYang Yingliang <yangyingliang@huawei.com>

net/ipv6/route.c

@@ -4525,9 +4525,11 @@ static int ip6_route_multipath_add(struct fib6_config *cfg,
 		 * nexthops have been replaced by first new, the rest should
 		 * be added to it.
 		 */
+		if (cfg->fc_nlinfo.nlh) {
 			cfg->fc_nlinfo.nlh->nlmsg_flags &= ~(NLM_F_EXCL |
 							     NLM_F_REPLACE);
 			cfg->fc_nlinfo.nlh->nlmsg_flags |= NLM_F_CREATE;
+		}
 		nhn++;
 	}