Patch "virtio_net: check return value of skb_to_sgvec always" has been added to the 4.9-stable tree

This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled

virtio_net: check return value of skb_to_sgvec always

to the 4.9-stable tree which can be found at:
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary

The filename of the patch is:
virtio_net-check-return-value-of-skb_to_sgvec-always.patch
and it can be found in the queue-4.9 subdirectory.

If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree, please let <[email protected]> know about it.

From: "Jason A. Donenfeld" <[email protected]>
Date: Sun, 4 Jun 2017 04:16:26 +0200
Subject: virtio_net: check return value of skb_to_sgvec always

From: Jason A. Donenfeld <[email protected]>

commit e2fcad58fd230f635a74e4e983c6f4ea893642d2 upstream.

---
 drivers/net/virtio_net.c |    9 +++++++--
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

@@ -831,7 +831,7 @@ static int xmit_skb(struct send_queue *s
 	struct virtio_net_hdr_mrg_rxbuf *hdr;
 	const unsigned char *dest = ((struct ethhdr *)skb->data)->h_dest;
 	struct virtnet_info *vi = sq->vq->vdev->priv;
-	unsigned num_sg;
+	int num_sg;
 	unsigned hdr_len = vi->hdr_len;
 	bool can_push;
 

@@ -858,11 +858,16 @@ static int xmit_skb(struct send_queue *s
 	if (can_push) {
 		__skb_push(skb, hdr_len);
 		num_sg = skb_to_sgvec(skb, sq->sg, 0, skb->len);
+		if (unlikely(num_sg < 0))
+			return num_sg;
 		/* Pull header back to avoid skew in tx bytes calculations. */
 		__skb_pull(skb, hdr_len);
 	} else {
 		sg_set_buf(sq->sg, hdr, hdr_len);
-		num_sg = skb_to_sgvec(skb, sq->sg + 1, 0, skb->len) + 1;
+		num_sg = skb_to_sgvec(skb, sq->sg + 1, 0, skb->len);
+		if (unlikely(num_sg < 0))
+			return num_sg;
+		num_sg++;
 	}
 	return virtqueue_add_outbuf(sq->vq, sq->sg, num_sg, skb, GFP_ATOMIC);
 }

Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from [email protected] are

queue-4.9/ipsec-check-return-value-of-skb_to_sgvec-always.patch queue-4.9/skbuff-return-emsgsize-in-skb_to_sgvec-to-prevent-overflow.patch queue-4.9/rxrpc-check-return-value-of-skb_to_sgvec-always.patch queue-4.9/virtio_net-check-return-value-of-skb_to_sgvec-always.patch queue-4.9/macsec-check-return-value-of-skb_to_sgvec-always.patch queue-4.9/virtio_net-check-return-value-of-skb_to_sgvec-in-one-more-location.patch