| Message ID | 1457390178-4133-1-git-send-email-kamal@canonical.com |
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diff --git a/net/ipv4/devinet.c b/net/ipv4/devinet.c index 2d9cb17..0420012 100644 --- a/net/ipv4/devinet.c +++ b/net/ipv4/devinet.c @@ -1845,7 +1845,7 @@ 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 ff6e0dc..335f495 100644 --- a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c +++ b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c @@ -569,7 +569,7 @@ 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;
This is a note to let you know that I have just added a patch titled rtnl: RTM_GETNETCONF: fix wrong return value to the linux-4.2.y-queue branch of the 4.2.y-ckt extended stable tree which can be found at: http://kernel.ubuntu.com/git/ubuntu/linux.git/log/?h=linux-4.2.y-queue This patch is scheduled to be released in version 4.2.8-ckt5. If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to this tree, please reply to this email. For more information about the 4.2.y-ckt tree, see https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/Dev/ExtendedStable Thanks. -Kamal ---8<------------------------------------------------------------ From 913be3fb1b5fbcf9cf56c74011eb150d803e2ade Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Anton Protopopov <a.s.protopopov@gmail.com> Date: Tue, 16 Feb 2016 21:43:16 -0500 Subject: rtnl: RTM_GETNETCONF: fix wrong return value [ Upstream commit a97eb33ff225f34a8124774b3373fd244f0e83ce ] 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.protopopov@gmail.com> Acked-by: Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> Signed-off-by: Kamal Mostafa <kamal@canonical.com> --- net/ipv4/devinet.c | 2 +- net/ipv6/addrconf.c | 2 +- 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) -- 2.7.0