[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
luis.henriques at canonical.com
Mon Nov 24 15:01:28 UTC 2014
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
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