netdev - Re: [PATCH v8 3/5] rxrpc: check return value of skb_to

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Date:   Mon, 15 May 2017 14:11:19 +0100
From:   David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
To:     "Jason A. Donenfeld" <Jason@...c4.com>
Cc:     dhowells@...hat.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, davem@...emloft.net,
        kernel-hardening@...ts.openwall.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v8 3/5] rxrpc: check return value of skb_to_sgvec always

Jason A. Donenfeld <Jason@...c4.com> wrote:

> +	if (unlikely(skb_to_sgvec(skb, sg, offset, 8) < 0))
> +		goto nomem;
> ...
> +	if (unlikely(skb_to_sgvec(skb, sg, offset, len) < 0)) {
> +		if (sg != _sg)
> +			kfree(sg);
> +		goto nomem;

skb_to_sgvec() can return -EMSGSIZE in some circumstances.  You shouldn't
return -ENOMEM here in such a case.

David