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SubjectRe: [PATCH] ip_sockglue: Fix missing-check bug in ip_ra_control()
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From: Gen Zhang <blackgod016574@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 24 May 2019 11:24:26 +0800

> In function ip_ra_control(), the pointer new_ra is allocated a memory
> space via kmalloc(). And it is used in the following codes. However,
> when there is a memory allocation error, kmalloc() fails. Thus null
> pointer dereference may happen. And it will cause the kernel to crash.
> Therefore, we should check the return value and handle the error.
>
> Signed-off-by: Gen Zhang <blackgod016574@gmail.com>

Applied.

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