xfrm_state_construct can fail without setting an error if the requested pcpu_num value is too big. Set err and add an extack message to avoid confusing userspace. Fixes: 1ddf9916ac09 ("xfrm: Add support for per cpu xfrm state handling.") Signed-off-by: Sabrina Dubroca --- net/xfrm/xfrm_user.c | 5 ++++- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/net/xfrm/xfrm_user.c b/net/xfrm/xfrm_user.c index 010c9e6638c0..9d98cc9daa37 100644 --- a/net/xfrm/xfrm_user.c +++ b/net/xfrm/xfrm_user.c @@ -947,8 +947,11 @@ static struct xfrm_state *xfrm_state_construct(struct net *net, if (attrs[XFRMA_SA_PCPU]) { x->pcpu_num = nla_get_u32(attrs[XFRMA_SA_PCPU]); - if (x->pcpu_num >= num_possible_cpus()) + if (x->pcpu_num >= num_possible_cpus()) { + err = -ERANGE; + NL_SET_ERR_MSG(extack, "pCPU number too big"); goto error; + } } err = __xfrm_init_state(x, extack); -- 2.51.0