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-rw-r--r--kernel/utsname.c10
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/utsname.c b/kernel/utsname.c
index 160c8c5136b..3ae43936bd8 100644
--- a/kernel/utsname.c
+++ b/kernel/utsname.c
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
#include <linux/uts.h>
#include <linux/utsname.h>
#include <linux/version.h>
+#include <linux/err.h>
/*
* Clone a new ns copying an original utsname, setting refcount to 1
@@ -24,10 +25,11 @@ static struct uts_namespace *clone_uts_ns(struct uts_namespace *old_ns)
struct uts_namespace *ns;
ns = kmalloc(sizeof(struct uts_namespace), GFP_KERNEL);
- if (ns) {
- memcpy(&ns->name, &old_ns->name, sizeof(ns->name));
- kref_init(&ns->kref);
- }
+ if (!ns)
+ return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
+
+ memcpy(&ns->name, &old_ns->name, sizeof(ns->name));
+ kref_init(&ns->kref);
return ns;
}