linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/1] tipc: check return value of nlmsg

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Date:   Mon, 24 Apr 2017 15:51:45 -0400 (EDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     bianpan2016@....com
Cc:     jon.maloy@...csson.com, ying.xue@...driver.com,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, tipc-discussion@...ts.sourceforge.net,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] tipc: check return value of nlmsg_new

From: Pan Bian <bianpan2016@....com>
Date: Sun, 23 Apr 2017 15:09:19 +0800

> Function nlmsg_new() will return a NULL pointer if there is no enough
> memory, and its return value should be checked before it is used.
> However, in function tipc_nl_node_get_monitor(), the validation of the
> return value of function nlmsg_new() is missed. This patch fixes the
> bug.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Pan Bian <bianpan2016@....com>

Applied.