When kzalloc() failed, NULL was returned to the caller, which tested the pointer with IS_ERR(), which didn't match, so the pointer was used later, resulting in a NULL dereference.
Return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM) instead of NULL. Reported-by: syzbot+491c1b7565ba9069e...@syzkaller.appspotmail.com Fixes: 0402acd683c6 ("xsk: remove AF_XDP socket from map when the socket is released") Signed-off-by: Jonathan Lemon <jonathan.le...@gmail.com> --- kernel/bpf/xskmap.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/kernel/bpf/xskmap.c b/kernel/bpf/xskmap.c index 942c662e2eed..82a1ffe15dfa 100644 --- a/kernel/bpf/xskmap.c +++ b/kernel/bpf/xskmap.c @@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ static struct xsk_map_node *xsk_map_node_alloc(struct xsk_map *map, node = kzalloc(sizeof(*node), GFP_ATOMIC | __GFP_NOWARN); if (!node) - return NULL; + return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM); err = xsk_map_inc(map); if (err) { -- 2.17.1