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

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Message-Id: <20120918.161629.143875439883330517.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Tue, 18 Sep 2012 16:16:29 -0400 (EDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	steffen.klassert@...unet.com
Cc:	minipli@...glemail.com, 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

From: Steffen Klassert <steffen.klassert@...unet.com>
Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2012 09:18:53 +0200

> 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>

Applied and queued up for -stable.

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