RE: [PATCH 1/1] tipc: check return value of nlmsg_new

[Jon Maloy]

Acknowledged. Thank you for doing this job.

///jon


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Pan Bian [mailto:bianpan2016@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: Sunday, April 23, 2017 03:09 AM
> To: Jon Maloy <jon.maloy@xxxxxxxxxxxx>; Ying Xue
> <ying.xue@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; David S. Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: netdev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; tipc-discussion@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; linux-
> kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; Pan Bian <bianpan2016@xxxxxxx>
> Subject: [PATCH 1/1] tipc: check return value of nlmsg_new
> 
> Function nlmsg_new() will return a NULL pointer if there is no enough
> memory, and its return value should be checked before it is used.
> However, in function tipc_nl_node_get_monitor(), the validation of the
> return value of function nlmsg_new() is missed. This patch fixes the bug.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Pan Bian <bianpan2016@xxxxxxx>
> ---
>  net/tipc/node.c | 2 ++
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/net/tipc/node.c b/net/tipc/node.c index 4512e83..568e48d 100644
> --- a/net/tipc/node.c
> +++ b/net/tipc/node.c
> @@ -2098,6 +2098,8 @@ int tipc_nl_node_get_monitor(struct sk_buff *skb,
> struct genl_info *info)
>  	int err;
> 
>  	msg.skb = nlmsg_new(NLMSG_GOODSIZE, GFP_KERNEL);
> +	if (!msg.skb)
> +		return -ENOMEM;
>  	msg.portid = info->snd_portid;
>  	msg.seq = info->snd_seq;
> 
> --
> 1.9.1
>