[PATCH 4.3 102/157] net: pktgen: fix null ptr deref in skb allocation

From: Greg Kroah-Hartman
Date: Wed Jan 27 2016 - 13:32:46 EST


4.3-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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From: John Fastabend <john.fastabend@xxxxxxxxx>

[ Upstream commit 3de03596dfeee48bc803c1d1a6daf60a459929f3 ]

Fix possible null pointer dereference that may occur when calling
skb_reserve() on a null skb.

Fixes: 879c7220e82 ("net: pktgen: Observe needed_headroom of the device")
Signed-off-by: John Fastabend <john.r.fastabend@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
net/core/pktgen.c | 4 +++-
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- a/net/core/pktgen.c
+++ b/net/core/pktgen.c
@@ -2787,7 +2787,9 @@ static struct sk_buff *pktgen_alloc_skb(
} else {
skb = __netdev_alloc_skb(dev, size, GFP_NOWAIT);
}
- skb_reserve(skb, LL_RESERVED_SPACE(dev));
+
+ if (likely(skb))
+ skb_reserve(skb, LL_RESERVED_SPACE(dev));

return skb;
}