netdev - [iproute PATCH] link_gre6: Detect invalid encaplimit values

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Date:   Tue, 28 Nov 2017 16:49:58 +0100
From:   Phil Sutter <phil@....cc>
To:     Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [iproute PATCH] link_gre6: Detect invalid encaplimit values

Looks like a typo: get_u8() returns 0 on success and -1 on error, so the
error checking here was ineffective.

Fixes: a11b7b71a6eba ("link_gre6: really support encaplimit option")
Signed-off-by: Phil Sutter <phil@....cc>
---
 ip/link_gre6.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/ip/link_gre6.c b/ip/link_gre6.c
index 50c1b804ceca7..0a82eaecf2cdd 100644
--- a/ip/link_gre6.c
+++ b/ip/link_gre6.c
@@ -372,7 +372,7 @@ get_failed:
 			} else {
 				__u8 uval;
 
-				if (get_u8(&uval, *argv, 0) < -1)
+				if (get_u8(&uval, *argv, 0))
 					invarg("invalid ELIM", *argv);
 				encap_limit = uval;
 				flags &= ~IP6_TNL_F_IGN_ENCAP_LIMIT;
-- 
2.13.1