From: Pan Bian <bianpan2016@163.com>
Date: Sun, 23 Apr 2017 07:09:19 +0000 (+0800)
Subject: tipc: check return value of nlmsg_new
X-Git-Tag: v6.6-pxa1908~16785^2~102
X-Git-Url: https://git.dujemihanovic.xyz/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=78302fd405769c9a9379e9adda119d533dce2eed;p=linux.git

tipc: check return value of nlmsg_new

Function nlmsg_new() will return a NULL pointer if there is no enough
memory, and its return value should be checked before it is used.
However, in function tipc_nl_node_get_monitor(), the validation of the
return value of function nlmsg_new() is missed. This patch fixes the
bug.

Signed-off-by: Pan Bian <bianpan2016@163.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
---

diff --git a/net/tipc/node.c b/net/tipc/node.c
index 01b1f077603e..aeef8011ac7d 100644
--- a/net/tipc/node.c
+++ b/net/tipc/node.c
@@ -2098,6 +2098,8 @@ int tipc_nl_node_get_monitor(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
 	int err;
 
 	msg.skb = nlmsg_new(NLMSG_GOODSIZE, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!msg.skb)
+		return -ENOMEM;
 	msg.portid = info->snd_portid;
 	msg.seq = info->snd_seq;