netdev - Re: [PATCH] rtnetlink: fix rtnl_calcit() and rtnl_dump

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Date:	Sun, 04 Mar 2012 22:03:13 -0500 (EST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	eric.dumazet@...il.com
Cc:	gregory.v.rose@...el.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] rtnetlink: fix rtnl_calcit() and rtnl_dump_ifinfo()

From: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
Date: Sun, 04 Mar 2012 14:32:10 -0800

> nlmsg_parse() might return an error, so test its return value before
> potential random memory accesses.
> 
> Errors introduced in commit 115c9b81928 (rtnetlink: Fix problem with
> buffer allocation)
> 
> Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
> Cc: Greg Rose <gregory.v.rose@...el.com>

Applied, thanks a lot Eric.
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