4.19-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. ------------------ From: Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> [ Upstream commit ffc15626c861f811f9778914be004fcf43810a91 ] The kfree() function was called in one case by the batadv_dat_forward_data() function during error handling even if the passed variable contained a null pointer. This issue was detected by using the Coccinelle software. * Thus return directly after a batadv_dat_select_candidates() call failed at the beginning. * Delete the label “out” which became unnecessary with this refactoring. Signed-off-by: Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Acked-by: Sven Eckelmann <sven@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Simon Wunderlich <sw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx> --- net/batman-adv/distributed-arp-table.c | 3 +-- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/net/batman-adv/distributed-arp-table.c b/net/batman-adv/distributed-arp-table.c index af380dc877e31..6930d414138e1 100644 --- a/net/batman-adv/distributed-arp-table.c +++ b/net/batman-adv/distributed-arp-table.c @@ -648,7 +648,7 @@ static bool batadv_dat_send_data(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv, cand = batadv_dat_select_candidates(bat_priv, ip, vid); if (!cand) - goto out; + return ret; batadv_dbg(BATADV_DBG_DAT, bat_priv, "DHT_SEND for %pI4\n", &ip); @@ -692,7 +692,6 @@ static bool batadv_dat_send_data(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv, batadv_orig_node_put(cand[i].orig_node); } -out: kfree(cand); return ret; } -- 2.43.0