[3.16.y-ckt stable] Patch "netfilter: nf_tables: check for NULL in nf_tables_newchain pcpu stats allocation" has been added to staging queue

[Luis Henriques]

This is a note to let you know that I have just added a patch titled

    netfilter: nf_tables: check for NULL in nf_tables_newchain pcpu stats allocation

to the linux-3.16.y-queue branch of the 3.16.y-ckt extended stable tree 
which can be found at:

 http://kernel.ubuntu.com/git?p=ubuntu/linux.git;a=shortlog;h=refs/heads/linux-3.16.y-queue

This patch is scheduled to be released in version 3.16.7-ckt2.

If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to this tree, please 
reply to this email.

For more information about the 3.16.y-ckt tree, see
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/Dev/ExtendedStable

Thanks.
-Luis

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From: Sabrina Dubroca <sd at queasysnail.net>
Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2014 11:08:21 +0200
Subject: netfilter: nf_tables: check for NULL in nf_tables_newchain pcpu stats
 allocation

commit c123bb7163043bb8f33858cf8e45b01c17dbd171 upstream.

alloc_percpu returns NULL on failure, not a negative error code.

Fixes: ff3cd7b3c922 ("netfilter: nf_tables: refactor chain statistic routines")
Signed-off-by: Sabrina Dubroca <sd at queasysnail.net>
Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo at netfilter.org>
Signed-off-by: Luis Henriques <luis.henriques at canonical.com>
---
 net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c b/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
index 62101ed0d2af..594afb3e7c40 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
@@ -1102,10 +1102,10 @@ static int nf_tables_newchain(struct sock *nlsk, struct sk_buff *skb,
 			basechain->stats = stats;
 		} else {
 			stats = netdev_alloc_pcpu_stats(struct nft_stats);
-			if (IS_ERR(stats)) {
+			if (stats == NULL) {
 				module_put(type->owner);
 				kfree(basechain);
-				return PTR_ERR(stats);
+				return -ENOMEM;
 			}
 			rcu_assign_pointer(basechain->stats, stats);
 		}
--
2.1.0