-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let us know.
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From: Tony Battersby <[email protected]>
patch fa8705b00aeca19d91a1437b8a5cf865999b28f6 in mainline.
[NET]: sanitize kernel_accept() error path
If kernel_accept() returns an error, it may pass back a pointer to
freed memory (which the caller should ignore). Make it pass back NULL
instead for better safety.
Signed-off-by: Tony Battersby <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <[email protected]>
---
net/socket.c | 1 +
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
--- a/net/socket.c
+++ b/net/socket.c
@@ -2230,6 +2230,7 @@ int kernel_accept(struct socket *sock, s
err = sock->ops->accept(sock, *newsock, flags);
if (err < 0) {
sock_release(*newsock);
+ *newsock = NULL;
goto done;
}
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