When nla_parse fails, we should not use the results (the first argument). The fix checks if it fails, and if so, returns its error code upstream. Signed-off-by: Aditya Pakki <pakki001@xxxxxxx> --- net/netfilter/ipset/ip_set_core.c | 9 +++++++-- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/net/netfilter/ipset/ip_set_core.c b/net/netfilter/ipset/ip_set_core.c index 45a257695bef..3ee0fda05a3b 100644 --- a/net/netfilter/ipset/ip_set_core.c +++ b/net/netfilter/ipset/ip_set_core.c @@ -1546,8 +1546,13 @@ call_ad(struct sock *ctnl, struct sk_buff *skb, struct ip_set *set, memcpy(&errmsg->msg, nlh, nlh->nlmsg_len); cmdattr = (void *)&errmsg->msg + min_len; - nla_parse(cda, IPSET_ATTR_CMD_MAX, cmdattr, - nlh->nlmsg_len - min_len, ip_set_adt_policy, NULL); + ret = nla_parse(cda, IPSET_ATTR_CMD_MAX, cmdattr, + nlh->nlmsg_len - min_len, ip_set_adt_policy, + NULL); + if (ret) { + nlmsg_free(skb2); + return ret; + } errline = nla_data(cda[IPSET_ATTR_LINENO]); -- 2.17.1