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Commit fa8705b0 authored by Tony Battersby's avatar Tony Battersby Committed by David S. Miller
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[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: default avatarTony Battersby <tonyb@cybernetics.com>
Signed-off-by: default avatarDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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......@@ -2235,6 +2235,7 @@ int kernel_accept(struct socket *sock, struct socket **newsock, int flags)
err = sock->ops->accept(sock, *newsock, flags);
if (err < 0) {
sock_release(*newsock);
*newsock = NULL;
goto done;
}
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