[PATCH 3.16.y-ckt 063/254] netfilter: nf_tables: check for NULL in nf_tables_newchain pcpu stats allocation

[Luis Henriques]

3.16.7-ckt2 -stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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From: Sabrina Dubroca <sd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

commit c123bb7163043bb8f33858cf8e45b01c17dbd171 upstream.

alloc_percpu returns NULL on failure, not a negative error code.

Fixes: ff3cd7b3c922 ("netfilter: nf_tables: refactor chain statistic routines")
Signed-off-by: Sabrina Dubroca <sd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Luis Henriques <luis.henriques@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
 net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c b/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
index 62101ed0d2af..594afb3e7c40 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
@@ -1102,10 +1102,10 @@ static int nf_tables_newchain(struct sock *nlsk, struct sk_buff *skb,
 			basechain->stats = stats;
 		} else {
 			stats = netdev_alloc_pcpu_stats(struct nft_stats);
-			if (IS_ERR(stats)) {
+			if (stats == NULL) {
 				module_put(type->owner);
 				kfree(basechain);
-				return PTR_ERR(stats);
+				return -ENOMEM;
 			}
 			rcu_assign_pointer(basechain->stats, stats);
 		}
-- 
2.1.0

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