netdev - Re: [PATCH] lnstat: Fix deref of null in print

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Date: Sat, 6 Jan 2024 14:10:27 -0800
From: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>
To: Maks Mishin <maks.mishinfz@...il.com>
Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] lnstat: Fix deref of null in print_json() function

On Sat,  6 Jan 2024 22:04:23 +0300
Maks Mishin <maks.mishinfz@...il.com> wrote:

> Now pointer `jw` is being checked for NULL before using
> in function `jsonw_start_object`.
> Added exit from function when `jw==NULL`.
> 
> Found by RASU JSC
> 
> Signed-off-by: Maks Mishin <maks.mishinFZ@...il.com>

Probably not worth fixing.
If the malloc() of 20 bytes ever fails then something is really wrong.
The Linux kernel will kill the process first.