An error response from a RTM_GETNETCONF request can return the positive error value EINVAL in the struct nlmsgerr that can mislead userspace.
Signed-off-by: Anton Protopopov <a.s.protopo...@gmail.com> --- net/ipv4/devinet.c | 2 +- net/ipv6/addrconf.c | 2 +- 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/net/ipv4/devinet.c b/net/ipv4/devinet.c index cebd9d3..f6303b1 100644 --- a/net/ipv4/devinet.c +++ b/net/ipv4/devinet.c @@ -1847,7 +1847,7 @@ static int inet_netconf_get_devconf(struct sk_buff *in_skb, if (err < 0) goto errout; - err = EINVAL; + err = -EINVAL; if (!tb[NETCONFA_IFINDEX]) goto errout; diff --git a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c index 9efd9ff..bdd7eac 100644 --- a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c +++ b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c @@ -583,7 +583,7 @@ static int inet6_netconf_get_devconf(struct sk_buff *in_skb, if (err < 0) goto errout; - err = EINVAL; + err = -EINVAL; if (!tb[NETCONFA_IFINDEX]) goto errout; -- 2.6.5