netdev - [Patch net] sit: use __GFP_NOWARN for user controlled allocation

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Date:   Thu, 22 Jun 2017 15:29:33 -0700
From:   Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>
To:     netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>,
        Andrey Konovalov <andreyknvl@...gle.com>
Subject: [Patch net] sit: use __GFP_NOWARN for user controlled allocation

The memory allocation size is controlled by user-space,
if it is too large just fail silently and return NULL,
not to mention there is a fallback allocation later.

Reported-by: Andrey Konovalov <andreyknvl@...gle.com>
Cc: Andrey Konovalov <andreyknvl@...gle.com>
Signed-off-by: Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>
---
 net/ipv6/sit.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/net/ipv6/sit.c b/net/ipv6/sit.c
index 2378503..f8ad158 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/sit.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/sit.c
@@ -305,7 +305,7 @@ static int ipip6_tunnel_get_prl(struct ip_tunnel *t,
 	 * we try harder to allocate.
 	 */
 	kp = (cmax <= 1 || capable(CAP_NET_ADMIN)) ?
-		kcalloc(cmax, sizeof(*kp), GFP_KERNEL) :
+		kcalloc(cmax, sizeof(*kp), GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_NOWARN) :
 		NULL;
 
 	rcu_read_lock();
-- 
2.5.5