Re: [PATCH] xfrm_user: return error pointer instead of NULL #2

[David Miller]

From: Steffen Klassert <steffen.klassert@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2012 09:18:53 +0200

> On Fri, Sep 14, 2012 at 09:58:32PM +0200, Mathias Krause wrote:
>> When dump_one_policy() returns an error, e.g. because of a too small
>> buffer to dump the whole xfrm policy, xfrm_policy_netlink() returns
>> NULL instead of an error pointer. But its caller expects an error
>> pointer and therefore continues to operate on a NULL skbuff.
>> 
>> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Signed-off-by: Mathias Krause <minipli@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> Acked-by: Steffen Klassert <steffen.klassert@xxxxxxxxxxx>

Applied and queued up for -stable.

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