linux-kernel - [PATCH 3.16.y-ckt 007/142] cifs: fix erroneous return value

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Date:	Tue, 22 Mar 2016 10:38:56 +0000
From:	Luis Henriques <luis.henriques@...onical.com>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org,
	kernel-team@...ts.ubuntu.com
Cc:	Anton Protopopov <a.s.protopopov@...il.com>,
	Steve French <smfrench@...il.com>,
	Luis Henriques <luis.henriques@...onical.com>
Subject: [PATCH 3.16.y-ckt 007/142] cifs: fix erroneous return value

3.16.7-ckt26 -stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

---8<------------------------------------------------------------

From: Anton Protopopov <a.s.protopopov@...il.com>

commit 4b550af519854421dfec9f7732cdddeb057134b2 upstream.

The setup_ntlmv2_rsp() function may return positive value ENOMEM instead
of -ENOMEM in case of kmalloc failure.

Signed-off-by: Anton Protopopov <a.s.protopopov@...il.com>
Signed-off-by: Steve French <smfrench@...il.com>
Signed-off-by: Luis Henriques <luis.henriques@...onical.com>
---
 fs/cifs/cifsencrypt.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/fs/cifs/cifsencrypt.c b/fs/cifs/cifsencrypt.c
index 3299778391fd..0bd335a393f8 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/cifsencrypt.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/cifsencrypt.c
@@ -710,7 +710,7 @@ setup_ntlmv2_rsp(struct cifs_ses *ses, const struct nls_table *nls_cp)
 
 	ses->auth_key.response = kmalloc(baselen + tilen, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!ses->auth_key.response) {
-		rc = ENOMEM;
+		rc = -ENOMEM;
 		ses->auth_key.len = 0;
 		goto setup_ntlmv2_rsp_ret;
 	}