commit c870f95c8c5c40d2c38970246ed737b8264f0b0e Author: Patrick McHardy Date: Wed Nov 19 14:19:11 2008 +0100 pkt_sched: fix missing check for packet overrun in qdisc_dump_stab() nla_nest_start() might return NULL, causing a NULL pointer dereference. Signed-off-by: Patrick McHardy diff --git a/net/sched/sch_api.c b/net/sched/sch_api.c index 5bcef13..1ef25e6 100644 --- a/net/sched/sch_api.c +++ b/net/sched/sch_api.c @@ -422,6 +422,8 @@ static int qdisc_dump_stab(struct sk_buff *skb, struct qdisc_size_table *stab) struct nlattr *nest; nest = nla_nest_start(skb, TCA_STAB); + if (nest == NULL) + goto nla_put_failure; NLA_PUT(skb, TCA_STAB_BASE, sizeof(stab->szopts), &stab->szopts); nla_nest_end(skb, nest);