Re: [PATCH] xfrm_user: return error pointer instead of NULL #2

From: Steffen Klassert
Date: Mon Sep 17 2012 - 03:48:35 EST


On Fri, Sep 14, 2012 at 09:58:32PM +0200, Mathias Krause wrote:
> When dump_one_policy() returns an error, e.g. because of a too small
> buffer to dump the whole xfrm policy, xfrm_policy_netlink() returns
> NULL instead of an error pointer. But its caller expects an error
> pointer and therefore continues to operate on a NULL skbuff.
>
> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Signed-off-by: Mathias Krause <minipli@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Acked-by: Steffen Klassert <steffen.klassert@xxxxxxxxxxx>

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