[PATCH] [V2] infiniband: fix a missing check of nla_put

From: Aditya Pakki
Date: Sat Jan 05 2019 - 11:18:22 EST


nla_put() may fail. The fix adds a check for its return value, and
returns -EMSGSIZE if it fails, post canceling netlink msg.

Signed-off-by: Aditya Pakki <pakki001@xxxxxxx>
---
drivers/infiniband/core/addr.c | 5 ++++-
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/core/addr.c b/drivers/infiniband/core/addr.c
index 0dce94e3c495..e847b34bacd1 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/core/addr.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/core/addr.c
@@ -178,7 +178,10 @@ static int ib_nl_ip_send_msg(struct rdma_dev_addr *dev_addr,
/* Construct the family header first */
header = skb_put(skb, NLMSG_ALIGN(sizeof(*header)));
header->ifindex = dev_addr->bound_dev_if;
- nla_put(skb, attrtype, size, daddr);
+ if (nla_put(skb, attrtype, size, daddr)) {
+ nlmsg_cancel(skb, nlh);
+ return -EMSGSIZE;
+ }

/* Repair the nlmsg header length */
nlmsg_end(skb, nlh);
--
2.17.1