netdev - Re: [PATCH] netfilter: x_tables: handle xt_register

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Message-ID: <20210825110706.GA3515@salvia>
Date:   Wed, 25 Aug 2021 13:07:06 +0200
From:   Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@...filter.org>
To:     Lukas Bulwahn <lukas.bulwahn@...il.com>
Cc:     Jozsef Kadlecsik <kadlec@...filter.org>,
        Florian Westphal <fw@...len.de>,
        netfilter-devel@...r.kernel.org, coreteam@...filter.org,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        clang-built-linux <clang-built-linux@...glegroups.com>,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] netfilter: x_tables: handle xt_register_template()
 returning an error value

On Mon, Aug 23, 2021 at 10:27:29PM +0200, Lukas Bulwahn wrote:
> Commit fdacd57c79b7 ("netfilter: x_tables: never register tables by
> default") introduces the function xt_register_template(), and in one case,
> a call to that function was missing the error-case handling.
> 
> Handle when xt_register_template() returns an error value.
> 
> This was identified with the clang-analyzer's Dead-Store analysis.

Applied, thanks.