genlmsg_new() alloc failure path in net_shaper_nl_group_doit() forgets to set ret before jumping to error handling. Fixes: 5d5d4700e75d ("net-shapers: implement NL group operation") Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski --- net/shaper/shaper.c | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/net/shaper/shaper.c b/net/shaper/shaper.c index a27673e5919f..2ba397fa3bfd 100644 --- a/net/shaper/shaper.c +++ b/net/shaper/shaper.c @@ -1274,8 +1274,10 @@ int net_shaper_nl_group_doit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info) * rollback on allocation failure. */ msg = genlmsg_new(net_shaper_handle_size(), GFP_KERNEL); - if (!msg) + if (!msg) { + ret = -ENOMEM; goto free_leaves; + } hierarchy = net_shaper_hierarchy_setup(binding); if (!hierarchy) { -- 2.54.0