From: Kangjie Lu <kjlu@xxxxxxx> [ Upstream commit 46273cf7e009231d2b6bc10a926e82b8928a9fb2 ] genlmsg_put could fail. The fix inserts a check of its return value, and if it fails, returns -EMSGSIZE. Signed-off-by: Kangjie Lu <kjlu@xxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx> --- net/tipc/netlink_compat.c | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/net/tipc/netlink_compat.c b/net/tipc/netlink_compat.c index 63a913b238735..454ed8ea194c8 100644 --- a/net/tipc/netlink_compat.c +++ b/net/tipc/netlink_compat.c @@ -974,6 +974,8 @@ static int tipc_nl_compat_publ_dump(struct tipc_nl_compat_msg *msg, u32 sock) hdr = genlmsg_put(args, 0, 0, &tipc_genl_family, NLM_F_MULTI, TIPC_NL_PUBL_GET); + if (!hdr) + return -EMSGSIZE; nest = nla_nest_start(args, TIPC_NLA_SOCK); if (!nest) { -- 2.20.1