netdev - Re: [PATCH] net: pktgen: fix null ptr deref in skb allocation

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Message-Id: <20160111.174031.1199997012538036511.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Mon, 11 Jan 2016 17:40:31 -0500 (EST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	john.fastabend@...il.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, bogdan.hamciuc@...escale.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: pktgen: fix null ptr deref in skb allocation

From: John Fastabend <john.fastabend@...il.com>
Date: Sun, 10 Jan 2016 21:38:44 -0800

> Fix possible null pointer dereference that may occur when calling
> skb_reserve() on a null skb.
> 
> Fixes: 879c7220e82 ("net: pktgen: Observe needed_headroom of the device")
> Signed-off-by: John Fastabend <john.r.fastabend@...el.com>

I don't know how I missed that during review :-/

Applied and queued up for -stable, thanks!