[PATCH] staging: gdm724x: add error handling for nlmsg_put

From: Zhouyang Jia
Date: Mon Jun 11 2018 - 01:12:02 EST


When nlmsg_put fails, the lack of error-handling code may
cause unexpected results.

This patch adds error-handling code after calling nlmsg_put.

Signed-off-by: Zhouyang Jia <jiazhouyang09@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/staging/gdm724x/netlink_k.c | 3 +++
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/staging/gdm724x/netlink_k.c b/drivers/staging/gdm724x/netlink_k.c
index abe2425..4623140 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/gdm724x/netlink_k.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/gdm724x/netlink_k.c
@@ -119,6 +119,9 @@ int netlink_send(struct sock *sock, int group, u16 type, void *msg, int len)
seq++;

nlh = nlmsg_put(skb, 0, seq, type, len, 0);
+ if (!nlh)
+ return -EMSGSIZE;
+
memcpy(NLMSG_DATA(nlh), msg, len);
NETLINK_CB(skb).portid = 0;
NETLINK_CB(skb).dst_group = 0;
--
2.7.4