[PATCH] [V2] infiniband: fix a missing check of nla_put

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nla_put() may fail. The fix adds a check for its return value, and
returns -EMSGSIZE if it fails, post canceling netlink msg.

Signed-off-by: Aditya Pakki <pakki001@xxxxxxx>
---
 drivers/infiniband/core/addr.c | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/core/addr.c b/drivers/infiniband/core/addr.c
index 0dce94e3c495..e847b34bacd1 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/core/addr.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/core/addr.c
@@ -178,7 +178,10 @@ static int ib_nl_ip_send_msg(struct rdma_dev_addr *dev_addr,
 	/* Construct the family header first */
 	header = skb_put(skb, NLMSG_ALIGN(sizeof(*header)));
 	header->ifindex = dev_addr->bound_dev_if;
-	nla_put(skb, attrtype, size, daddr);
+	if (nla_put(skb, attrtype, size, daddr)) {
+		nlmsg_cancel(skb, nlh);
+		return -EMSGSIZE;
+	}
 
 	/* Repair the nlmsg header length */
 	nlmsg_end(skb, nlh);
-- 
2.17.1




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