Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 27 Mar 2018 10:39:11 -0400 (EDT) | Subject | Re: [PATCH] net/ncsi: check for null return from call to nla_nest_start | From | David Miller <> |
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From: Colin King <colin.king@canonical.com> Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2018 12:27:12 +0100
> From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@canonical.com> > > The call to nla_nest_start calls nla_put which can lead to a NULL > return so it's possible for attr to become NULL and we can potentially > get a NULL pointer dereference on attr. Fix this by checking for > a NULL return. > > Detected by CoverityScan, CID#1466125 ("Dereference null return") > > Fixes: 955dc68cb9b2 ("net/ncsi: Add generic netlink family") > Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@canonical.com>
Applied, but...
Colin, please start marking your Subject lines properly with "[PATCH net-next]" for patches targetting net-next as opposed to net.
Thank you.
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