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

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Date:   Sun, 23 Apr 2017 00:17:16 -0700
From:   Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:     Pan Bian <bianpan2016@....com>, Jon Maloy <jon.maloy@...csson.com>,
        Ying Xue <ying.xue@...driver.com>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:     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

On Sun, 2017-04-23 at 15:09 +0800, Pan Bian wrote:
> 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.

Hello.

Thanks for the patches.

Are you finding these via a tool or inspection?

If a tool is being used, could you please describe it?