In get_initial_state, it calls notify_initial_state_done(skb,..) if cb->args[5]==1. I see that if genlmsg_put() failed in notify_initial_state_done(), the skb will be freed by nlmsg_free(skb). Then get_initial_state will goto out and the freed skb will be used by return value skb->len. My patch converts the type of notify_initial_state_done() from void to int. So when errors occurs in notify_initial_state_done(), it can return an error code. My patch also use err propagate the error and avoid use the freed skb. Fixes: a29728463b254 ("drbd: Backport the "events2" command") Signed-off-by: Lv Yunlong <lyl2019@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/block/drbd/drbd_nl.c | 10 +++++++--- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_nl.c b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_nl.c index bf7de4c7b96c..21035ff460da 100644 --- a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_nl.c +++ b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_nl.c @@ -4861,7 +4861,7 @@ void notify_helper(enum drbd_notification_type type, err, seq); } -static void notify_initial_state_done(struct sk_buff *skb, unsigned int seq) +static int notify_initial_state_done(struct sk_buff *skb, unsigned int seq) { struct drbd_genlmsghdr *dh; int err; @@ -4875,11 +4875,12 @@ static void notify_initial_state_done(struct sk_buff *skb, unsigned int seq) if (nla_put_notification_header(skb, NOTIFY_EXISTS)) goto nla_put_failure; genlmsg_end(skb, dh); - return; + return 0; nla_put_failure: nlmsg_free(skb); pr_err("Error %d sending event. Event seq:%u\n", err, seq); + return err; } static void free_state_changes(struct list_head *list) @@ -4905,6 +4906,7 @@ static int get_initial_state(struct sk_buff *skb, struct netlink_callback *cb) struct drbd_state_change *state_change = (struct drbd_state_change *)cb->args[0]; unsigned int seq = cb->args[2]; unsigned int n; + int err; enum drbd_notification_type flags = 0; /* There is no need for taking notification_mutex here: it doesn't @@ -4914,7 +4916,9 @@ static int get_initial_state(struct sk_buff *skb, struct netlink_callback *cb) cb->args[5]--; if (cb->args[5] == 1) { - notify_initial_state_done(skb, seq); + err = notify_initial_state_done(skb, seq); + if (err) + return err; goto out; } n = cb->args[4]++; -- 2.25.1