From 3de03596dfeee48bc803c1d1a6daf60a459929f3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: John Fastabend Date: Sun, 10 Jan 2016 21:38:44 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] net: pktgen: fix null ptr deref in skb allocation 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 Signed-off-by: David S. Miller --- net/core/pktgen.c | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/net/core/pktgen.c b/net/core/pktgen.c index de8d5cc5eb24..4da4d51a2ccf 100644 --- a/net/core/pktgen.c +++ b/net/core/pktgen.c @@ -2787,7 +2787,9 @@ static struct sk_buff *pktgen_alloc_skb(struct net_device *dev, } 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; } -- 2.11.0