If state != IP_VS_STATE_BACKUP then tinfo->buf is uninitialized. If
kthread_run() fails then it means we free random memory resulting in an
oops.
Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx>
diff --git a/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_sync.c b/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_sync.c
index effa10c..44fd10c 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_sync.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_sync.c
@@ -1795,6 +1795,8 @@ int start_sync_thread(struct net *net, int state, char *mcast_ifn, __u8 syncid)
GFP_KERNEL);
if (!tinfo->buf)
goto outtinfo;
+ } else {
+ tinfo->buf = NULL;
}
tinfo->id = id;
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