3 files changed, 12 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/vnet/ip/ip4_forward.c b/src/vnet/ip/ip4_forward.c
index 0035cc8a552..677f88cf90c 100644
--- a/src/vnet/ip/ip4_forward.c
+++ b/src/vnet/ip/ip4_forward.c
@@ -1960,6 +1960,9 @@ ip4_probe_neighbor (vlib_main_t * vm, ip4_address_t * dst, u32 sw_if_index,
 				       &im->ip4_arp_request_packet_template,
 				       &bi);
 
+  if (!h)
+    return clib_error_return (0, "ARP request packet allocation failed");
+
   hi = vnet_get_sup_hw_interface (vnm, sw_if_index);
   if (PREDICT_FALSE (!hi->hw_address))
     {
diff --git a/src/vnet/ip/ip6_forward.c b/src/vnet/ip/ip6_forward.c
index 5ea7d8d6e9d..cf1011fa897 100644
--- a/src/vnet/ip/ip6_forward.c
+++ b/src/vnet/ip/ip6_forward.c
@@ -1476,6 +1476,8 @@ ip6_probe_neighbor (vlib_main_t * vm, ip6_address_t * dst, u32 sw_if_index,
     vlib_packet_template_get_packet (vm,
 				     &im->discover_neighbor_packet_template,
 				     &bi);
+  if (!h)
+    return clib_error_return (0, "ICMP6 NS packet allocation failed");
 
   hi = vnet_get_sup_hw_interface (vnm, sw_if_index);
 
diff --git a/src/vnet/ip/ip6_neighbor.c b/src/vnet/ip/ip6_neighbor.c
index e281d7e1d2f..6d91224c0b4 100644
--- a/src/vnet/ip/ip6_neighbor.c
+++ b/src/vnet/ip/ip6_neighbor.c
@@ -466,6 +466,8 @@ ip6_nbr_probe (ip_adjacency_t * adj)
   h = vlib_packet_template_get_packet (vm,
 				       &im->discover_neighbor_packet_template,
 				       &bi);
+  if (!h)
+    return;
 
   hi = vnet_get_sup_hw_interface (vnm, adj->rewrite_header.sw_if_index);
 
@@ -3285,6 +3287,8 @@ ip6_discover_neighbor_inline (vlib_main_t * vm,
 
 	    h0 = vlib_packet_template_get_packet
 	      (vm, &im->discover_neighbor_packet_template, &bi0);
+	    if (!h0)
+	      continue;
 
 	    /*
 	     * Build ethernet header.
@@ -5037,6 +5041,9 @@ send_ip6_na_w_addr (vlib_main_t * vm,
 	vlib_packet_template_get_packet (vm,
 					 &i6m->discover_neighbor_packet_template,
 					 &bi);
+      if (!h)
+	return;
+
       ip6_set_reserved_multicast_address (&h->ip.dst_address,
 					  IP6_MULTICAST_SCOPE_link_local,
 					  IP6_MULTICAST_GROUP_ID_all_hosts);