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net/ncsi: check for null return from call to nla_nest_start

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The call to nla_nest_start calls nla_put which can lead to a NULL
return so it's possible for attr to become NULL and we can potentially
get a NULL pointer dereference on attr.  Fix this by checking for
a NULL return.

Detected by CoverityScan, CID#1466125 ("Dereference null return")

Fixes: 955dc68cb9 ("net/ncsi: Add generic netlink family")
Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@canonical.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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Colin Ian King 2018-03-26 12:27:12 +01:00 committed by David S. Miller
parent 5306653850
commit 8daf1a2d7e
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@ -190,6 +190,10 @@ static int ncsi_pkg_info_nl(struct sk_buff *msg, struct genl_info *info)
package_id = nla_get_u32(info->attrs[NCSI_ATTR_PACKAGE_ID]);
attr = nla_nest_start(skb, NCSI_ATTR_PACKAGE_LIST);
if (!attr) {
kfree_skb(skb);
return -EMSGSIZE;
}
rc = ncsi_write_package_info(skb, ndp, package_id);
if (rc) {