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Subject[PATCH 1/1] NET: netpoll, fix potential NULL ptr dereference
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Stanse found that one error path in netpoll_setup dereferences npinfo
even though it is NULL. Avoid that by adding new label and go to that
instead.

Signed-off-by: Jiri Slaby <jslaby@suse.cz>
Cc: Daniel Borkmann <danborkmann@googlemail.com>
Cc: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
---
net/core/netpoll.c | 4 ++--
1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/core/netpoll.c b/net/core/netpoll.c
index 7aa6972..d4ec38f 100644
--- a/net/core/netpoll.c
+++ b/net/core/netpoll.c
@@ -735,7 +735,7 @@ int netpoll_setup(struct netpoll *np)
npinfo = kmalloc(sizeof(*npinfo), GFP_KERNEL);
if (!npinfo) {
err = -ENOMEM;
- goto release;
+ goto put;
}

npinfo->rx_flags = 0;
@@ -845,7 +845,7 @@ int netpoll_setup(struct netpoll *np)

kfree(npinfo);
}
-
+put:
dev_put(ndev);
return err;
}
--
1.7.0.1



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