[PATCH v1] net/ethtool/tunnels: check the return value of nla_nest_start()

From: Li Zhong
Date: Fri Sep 16 2022 - 22:26:30 EST


Check the return value of nla_nest_start(), which could be NULL on
error.

Signed-off-by: Li Zhong <floridsleeves@xxxxxxxxx>
---
net/ethtool/tunnels.c | 2 ++
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/net/ethtool/tunnels.c b/net/ethtool/tunnels.c
index efde33536687..90974b625cf6 100644
--- a/net/ethtool/tunnels.c
+++ b/net/ethtool/tunnels.c
@@ -136,6 +136,8 @@ ethnl_tunnel_info_fill_reply(const struct ethnl_req_info *req_base,
goto err_cancel_table;

entry = nla_nest_start(skb, ETHTOOL_A_TUNNEL_UDP_TABLE_ENTRY);
+ if (!entry)
+ return -EMSGSIZE;

if (nla_put_be16(skb, ETHTOOL_A_TUNNEL_UDP_ENTRY_PORT,
htons(IANA_VXLAN_UDP_PORT)) ||
--
2.25.1