-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let us know. ------------------ From: Evgeniy Polyakov [IPV4]: Fix rtm_to_ifaddr() error handling. Return negative error value (embedded in the pointer) instead of returning NULL. Signed-off-by: Evgeniy Polyakov Signed-off-by: David S. Miller Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman --- net/ipv4/devinet.c | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) --- a/net/ipv4/devinet.c +++ b/net/ipv4/devinet.c @@ -503,8 +503,10 @@ static struct in_ifaddr *rtm_to_ifaddr(s goto errout; ifm = nlmsg_data(nlh); - if (ifm->ifa_prefixlen > 32 || tb[IFA_LOCAL] == NULL) + if (ifm->ifa_prefixlen > 32 || tb[IFA_LOCAL] == NULL) { + err = -EINVAL; goto errout; + } dev = __dev_get_by_index(ifm->ifa_index); if (dev == NULL) { -- - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/