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

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