From: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx>
[ Upstream commit 0a6b29230ec336189bab32498df3f06c8a6944d8 ]
We should return error pointers in this function. Returning NULL
results in a NULL dereference in the caller.
Fixes: 73688d1ed0b8 ("apparmor: refactor prepare_ns() and make usable from different views")
Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: John Johansen <john.johansen@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <alexander.levin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
security/apparmor/policy_ns.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/security/apparmor/policy_ns.c b/security/apparmor/policy_ns.c
index b0f9dc3f765a..1a7cec5d9cac 100644
--- a/security/apparmor/policy_ns.c
+++ b/security/apparmor/policy_ns.c
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ static struct aa_ns *__aa_create_ns(struct aa_ns *parent, const char *name,
ns = alloc_ns(parent->base.hname, name);
if (!ns)
- return NULL;
+ return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
ns->level = parent->level + 1;
mutex_lock_nested(&ns->lock, ns->level);
error = __aafs_ns_mkdir(ns, ns_subns_dir(parent), name, dir);
--
2.17.1
