4.9-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. ------------------ From: Pan Bian <bianpan2016@xxxxxxx> [ Upstream commit 78302fd405769c9a9379e9adda119d533dce2eed ] Function nlmsg_new() will return a NULL pointer if there is no enough memory, and its return value should be checked before it is used. However, in function tipc_nl_node_get_monitor(), the validation of the return value of function nlmsg_new() is missed. This patch fixes the bug. Signed-off-by: Pan Bian <bianpan2016@xxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <alexander.levin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- net/tipc/node.c | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) --- a/net/tipc/node.c +++ b/net/tipc/node.c @@ -2094,6 +2094,8 @@ int tipc_nl_node_get_monitor(struct sk_b int err; msg.skb = nlmsg_new(NLMSG_GOODSIZE, GFP_KERNEL); + if (!msg.skb) + return -ENOMEM; msg.portid = info->snd_portid; msg.seq = info->snd_seq;