netdev - [patch] ax25: cleanup a range test

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Date:	Fri, 18 Oct 2013 12:06:56 +0300
From:	Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
To:	Joerg Reuter <jreuter@...na.de>
Cc:	Ralf Baechle <ralf@...ux-mips.org>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	linux-hams@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [patch] ax25: cleanup a range test

The current test works fine in practice.  The "amount" variable is
actually used as a boolean so negative values or any non-zero values
count as "true".  However since we don't allow numbers greater than one,
let's not allow negative numbers either.

Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>

diff --git a/net/ax25/af_ax25.c b/net/ax25/af_ax25.c
index 4b4d2b7..a00123e 100644
--- a/net/ax25/af_ax25.c
+++ b/net/ax25/af_ax25.c
@@ -1735,7 +1735,7 @@ static int ax25_ioctl(struct socket *sock, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
 			res = -EFAULT;
 			break;
 		}
-		if (amount > AX25_NOUID_BLOCK) {
+		if (amount < 0 || amount > AX25_NOUID_BLOCK) {
 			res = -EINVAL;
 			break;
 		}
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