[PATCH] netfilter: x_tables: handle xt_register_template() returning an error value

Commit fdacd57c79b7 ("netfilter: x_tables: never register tables by
default") introduces the function xt_register_template(), and in one case,
a call to that function was missing the error-case handling.

Handle when xt_register_template() returns an error value.

This was identified with the clang-analyzer's Dead-Store analysis.

Signed-off-by: Lukas Bulwahn <lukas.bulwahn@gmail.com>
---
 net/ipv4/netfilter/iptable_mangle.c | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/net/ipv4/netfilter/iptable_mangle.c b/net/ipv4/netfilter/iptable_mangle.c
index b52a4c8a14fc..40417a3f930b 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/netfilter/iptable_mangle.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/netfilter/iptable_mangle.c

@@ -112,6 +112,8 @@ static int __init iptable_mangle_init(void)
 {
 	int ret = xt_register_template(&packet_mangler,
 				       iptable_mangle_table_init);
+	if (ret < 0)
+		return ret;
 
 	mangle_ops = xt_hook_ops_alloc(&packet_mangler, iptable_mangle_hook);
 	if (IS_ERR(mangle_ops)) {

-- 
2.26.2

Lukas Bulwahn [off-list ref] wrote:

Commit fdacd57c79b7 ("netfilter: x_tables: never register tables by
default") introduces the function xt_register_template(), and in one case,
a call to that function was missing the error-case handling.

Handle when xt_register_template() returns an error value.

This was identified with the clang-analyzer's Dead-Store analysis.

Fixes: fdacd57c79b7 ("netfilter: x_tables: never register tables by > default")
Reviewed-by: Florian Westphal <fw@strlen.de>

This needs to go to nf-next.

On Mon, Aug 23, 2021 at 10:27:29PM +0200, Lukas Bulwahn wrote:

Commit fdacd57c79b7 ("netfilter: x_tables: never register tables by
default") introduces the function xt_register_template(), and in one case,
a call to that function was missing the error-case handling.

Handle when xt_register_template() returns an error value.

This was identified with the clang-analyzer's Dead-Store analysis.

Applied, thanks.