taskstats: check nla_reserve() return

Addresses https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=44621 Reported-by: <rucsoftsec@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Alan Cox <alan@linux.intel.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
mariux64 · Jul 31, 2012 · 25353b3 · 25353b3
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diff --git a/kernel/taskstats.c b/kernel/taskstats.c
@@ -436,6 +436,11 @@ static int cgroupstats_user_cmd(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
 
 	na = nla_reserve(rep_skb, CGROUPSTATS_TYPE_CGROUP_STATS,
 				sizeof(struct cgroupstats));
+	if (na == NULL) {
+		rc = -EMSGSIZE;
+		goto err;
+	}
+
 	stats = nla_data(na);
 	memset(stats, 0, sizeof(*stats));