From: Aditya Pakki <pakki001@xxxxxxx>
[ Upstream commit 0eb987c874dc93f9c9d85a6465dbde20fdd3884c ]
In net_ns_init(), register_pernet_subsys() could fail while registering
network namespace subsystems. The fix checks the return value and
sends a panic() on failure.
Signed-off-by: Aditya Pakki <pakki001@xxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Kirill Tkhai <ktkhai@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
net/core/net_namespace.c | 3 ++-
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/net/core/net_namespace.c b/net/core/net_namespace.c
index 4509dec7bd1cd..7630fa80db92a 100644
--- a/net/core/net_namespace.c
+++ b/net/core/net_namespace.c
@@ -802,7 +802,8 @@ static int __init net_ns_init(void)
mutex_unlock(&net_mutex);
- register_pernet_subsys(&net_ns_ops);
+ if (register_pernet_subsys(&net_ns_ops))
+ panic("Could not register network namespace subsystems");
rtnl_register(PF_UNSPEC, RTM_NEWNSID, rtnl_net_newid, NULL, NULL);
rtnl_register(PF_UNSPEC, RTM_GETNSID, rtnl_net_getid, rtnl_net_dumpid,
--
2.20.1
