When kcalloc() returns NULL to nl_table, no error return code of netlink_proto_init() is assigned. To fix this bug, err is assigned with -ENOMEM in this case. Fixes: fab2caf62ed0 ("[NETLINK]: Call panic if nl_table allocation fails") Reported-by: TOTE Robot <oslab@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Jia-Ju Bai <baijiaju1990@xxxxxxxxx> --- net/netlink/af_netlink.c | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/net/netlink/af_netlink.c b/net/netlink/af_netlink.c index dd488938447f..9ab66cfb1037 100644 --- a/net/netlink/af_netlink.c +++ b/net/netlink/af_netlink.c @@ -2880,8 +2880,10 @@ static int __init netlink_proto_init(void) BUILD_BUG_ON(sizeof(struct netlink_skb_parms) > sizeof_field(struct sk_buff, cb)); nl_table = kcalloc(MAX_LINKS, sizeof(*nl_table), GFP_KERNEL); - if (!nl_table) + if (!nl_table) { + err = -ENOMEM; goto panic; + } for (i = 0; i < MAX_LINKS; i++) { if (rhashtable_init(&nl_table[i].hash, -- 2.17.1