Re: [PATCH][next] openvswitch: check for null pointer return from nla_nest_start_noflag

[David Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

From: Colin King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed,  1 May 2019 14:41:58 +0100

> From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> The call to nla_nest_start_noflag can return null in the unlikely
> event that nla_put returns -EMSGSIZE.  Check for this condition to
> avoid a null pointer dereference on pointer nla_reply.
> 
> Addresses-Coverity: ("Dereference null return value")
> Fixes: 11efd5cb04a1 ("openvswitch: Support conntrack zone limit")
> Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Applied, thank you.