[PATCH] batman-adv: avoid WARN_ON for orig_ifinfo allocation failure
From: Deepanshu Kartikey
Date: Sat Sep 12 2026 - 23:19:29 EST
batadv_orig_ifinfo_new() returns NULL only when its GFP_ATOMIC
allocation fails, which is a normal runtime condition and not a bug.
batadv_v_ogm_forward() already handles this the same way, simply
checking for NULL without a WARN_ON.
Do the same in batadv_iv_ogm_update_seqnos() to avoid a spurious
WARN_ON splat when the allocation fails (e.g. under fault injection).
Fixes: 7351a4822d42 ("batman-adv: split out router from orig_node")
Reported-by: syzbot+a079f084653164a652d1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=a079f084653164a652d1
Signed-off-by: Deepanshu Kartikey <kartikey406@xxxxxxxxx>
---
net/batman-adv/bat_iv_ogm.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/net/batman-adv/bat_iv_ogm.c b/net/batman-adv/bat_iv_ogm.c
index 53fbdbbe8f4f..d8a6a0f64ce2 100644
--- a/net/batman-adv/bat_iv_ogm.c
+++ b/net/batman-adv/bat_iv_ogm.c
@@ -1410,7 +1410,7 @@ batadv_iv_ogm_update_seqnos(const struct ethhdr *ethhdr,
return BATADV_NO_DUP;
orig_ifinfo = batadv_orig_ifinfo_new(orig_node, if_outgoing);
- if (WARN_ON(!orig_ifinfo)) {
+ if (!orig_ifinfo) {
batadv_orig_node_put(orig_node);
return 0;
}
--
2.43.0