1 files changed, 29 insertions, 21 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/audit.c b/kernel/audit.c
index b69c8b460341..66b81358b64f 100644
--- a/kernel/audit.c
+++ b/kernel/audit.c
@@ -924,19 +924,30 @@ out_kfree_skb:
 	return NULL;
 }
 
+static void audit_free_reply(struct audit_reply *reply)
+{
+	if (!reply)
+		return;
+
+	if (reply->skb)
+		kfree_skb(reply->skb);
+	if (reply->net)
+		put_net(reply->net);
+	kfree(reply);
+}
+
 static int audit_send_reply_thread(void *arg)
 {
 	struct audit_reply *reply = (struct audit_reply *)arg;
-	struct sock *sk = audit_get_sk(reply->net);
 
 	audit_ctl_lock();
 	audit_ctl_unlock();
 
 	/* Ignore failure. It'll only happen if the sender goes away,
 	   because our timeout is set to infinite. */
-	netlink_unicast(sk, reply->skb, reply->portid, 0);
-	put_net(reply->net);
-	kfree(reply);
+	netlink_unicast(audit_get_sk(reply->net), reply->skb, reply->portid, 0);
+	reply->skb = NULL;
+	audit_free_reply(reply);
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -950,35 +961,32 @@ static int audit_send_reply_thread(void *arg)
  * @payload: payload data
  * @size: payload size
  *
- * Allocates an skb, builds the netlink message, and sends it to the port id.
- * No failure notifications.
+ * Allocates a skb, builds the netlink message, and sends it to the port id.
  */
 static void audit_send_reply(struct sk_buff *request_skb, int seq, int type, int done,
 			     int multi, const void *payload, int size)
 {
-	struct net *net = sock_net(NETLINK_CB(request_skb).sk);
-	struct sk_buff *skb;
 	struct task_struct *tsk;
-	struct audit_reply *reply = kmalloc(sizeof(struct audit_reply),
-					    GFP_KERNEL);
+	struct audit_reply *reply;
 
+	reply = kzalloc(sizeof(*reply), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!reply)
 		return;
 
-	skb = audit_make_reply(seq, type, done, multi, payload, size);
-	if (!skb)
-		goto out;
-
-	reply->net = get_net(net);
+	reply->skb = audit_make_reply(seq, type, done, multi, payload, size);
+	if (!reply->skb)
+		goto err;
+	reply->net = get_net(sock_net(NETLINK_CB(request_skb).sk));
 	reply->portid = NETLINK_CB(request_skb).portid;
-	reply->skb = skb;
 
 	tsk = kthread_run(audit_send_reply_thread, reply, "audit_send_reply");
-	if (!IS_ERR(tsk))
-		return;
-	kfree_skb(skb);
-out:
-	kfree(reply);
+	if (IS_ERR(tsk))
+		goto err;
+
+	return;
+
+err:
+	audit_free_reply(reply);
 }
 
 /*