linux-kernel - [PATCH] staging: gdm724x: add error handling for nlmsg

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Message-Id: <1528693766-31570-1-git-send-email-jiazhouyang09@gmail.com>
Date:   Mon, 11 Jun 2018 13:09:24 +0800
From:   Zhouyang Jia <jiazhouyang09@...il.com>
To:     unlisted-recipients:; (no To-header on input)
Cc:     Zhouyang Jia <jiazhouyang09@...il.com>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        devel@...verdev.osuosl.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] staging: gdm724x: add error handling for nlmsg_put

When nlmsg_put fails, the lack of error-handling code may
cause unexpected results.

This patch adds error-handling code after calling nlmsg_put.

Signed-off-by: Zhouyang Jia <jiazhouyang09@...il.com>
---
 drivers/staging/gdm724x/netlink_k.c | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/staging/gdm724x/netlink_k.c b/drivers/staging/gdm724x/netlink_k.c
index abe2425..4623140 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/gdm724x/netlink_k.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/gdm724x/netlink_k.c
@@ -119,6 +119,9 @@ int netlink_send(struct sock *sock, int group, u16 type, void *msg, int len)
 	seq++;
 
 	nlh = nlmsg_put(skb, 0, seq, type, len, 0);
+	if (!nlh)
+		return -EMSGSIZE;
+
 	memcpy(NLMSG_DATA(nlh), msg, len);
 	NETLINK_CB(skb).portid = 0;
 	NETLINK_CB(skb).dst_group = 0;
-- 
2.7.4