linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] xfrm_user: return error pointer instead of NULL #2

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Message-ID: <20120917071853.GD13023@secunet.com>
Date:	Mon, 17 Sep 2012 09:18:53 +0200
From:	Steffen Klassert <steffen.klassert@...unet.com>
To:	Mathias Krause <minipli@...glemail.com>
Cc:	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] xfrm_user: return error pointer instead of NULL #2

On Fri, Sep 14, 2012 at 09:58:32PM +0200, Mathias Krause wrote:
> When dump_one_policy() returns an error, e.g. because of a too small
> buffer to dump the whole xfrm policy, xfrm_policy_netlink() returns
> NULL instead of an error pointer. But its caller expects an error
> pointer and therefore continues to operate on a NULL skbuff.
> 
> Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Mathias Krause <minipli@...glemail.com>

Acked-by: Steffen Klassert <steffen.klassert@...unet.com>

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