netlink uses empty data to seperate different levels. However, we still try to copy that data from a NULL ptr using memcpy, which is an undefined behaviour.
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sasha.le...@oracle.com> --- lib/nlattr.c | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/lib/nlattr.c b/lib/nlattr.c index 9c3e85f..6512b43 100644 --- a/lib/nlattr.c +++ b/lib/nlattr.c @@ -430,7 +430,8 @@ void __nla_put(struct sk_buff *skb, int attrtype, int attrlen, struct nlattr *nla; nla = __nla_reserve(skb, attrtype, attrlen); - memcpy(nla_data(nla), data, attrlen); + if (data) + memcpy(nla_data(nla), data, attrlen); } EXPORT_SYMBOL(__nla_put); -- 1.7.10.4 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/