dev_set_mtu_ext is able to fail with a valid mtu value, at that
condition, extack._msg is not set and random since it is in stack,
then kernel will crash when print it.
Fixes: 7a4c53bee3324a ("net: report invalid mtu value via netlink extack")
Signed-off-by: Zhang Yu <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Li RongQing <[email protected]>
---
net/core/dev.c | 3 ++-
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index 36e994519488..f68122f0ab02 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -7583,8 +7583,9 @@ int dev_set_mtu(struct net_device *dev, int new_mtu)
struct netlink_ext_ack extack;
int err;
+ memset(&extack, 0, sizeof(extack));
err = dev_set_mtu_ext(dev, new_mtu, &extack);
- if (err)
+ if (err && extack._msg)
net_err_ratelimited("%s: %s\n", dev->name, extack._msg);
return err;
}
--
2.16.2
