netdev - eth_send of ARP packet returned -1 rather than expected 42

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Message-ID: <192839025.1062412.1546874790862@mail.libero.it>
Date:   Mon, 7 Jan 2019 16:26:30 +0100 (CET)
From:   Marco Berizzi <pupilla@...ero.it>
To:     netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: eth_send of ARP packet returned -1 rather than expected 42

Hi Folks,

I'm getting this message when I run nmap 7.70 with
linux 4.20

Starting Nmap 7.70 ( https://nmap.org ) at 2019-01-07 16:15 CET
Initiating ARP Ping Scan at 16:15
Scanning 10.81.104.82 [1 port]
WARNING: eth_send of ARP packet returned -1 rather than expected 42 (errno=22: Invalid argument)
WARNING: eth_send of ARP packet returned -1 rather than expected 42 (errno=22: Invalid argument)
Completed ARP Ping Scan at 16:15, 0.42s elapsed (1 total hosts)
Nmap scan report for 10.81.104.82 [host down]
Read data files from: /usr/bin/../share/nmap
Note: Host seems down. If it is really up, but blocking our ping probes, try -Pn
Nmap done: 1 IP address (0 hosts up) scanned in 0.46 seconds
           Raw packets sent: 2 (56B) | Rcvd: 0 (0B)
root@...imero:/tmp# uname -a
Linux Calimero 4.20.0 #1 SMP Fri Dec 28 11:16:37 CET 2018 x86_64 Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-7500 CPU @ 3.40GHz GenuineIntel GNU/Linux

Linux 4.20-rc5 was fine:

Starting Nmap 7.70 ( https://nmap.org ) at 2019-01-07 16:22 CET
Initiating ARP Ping Scan at 16:22
Scanning 10.68.68.56 [1 port]
Completed ARP Ping Scan at 16:22, 0.02s elapsed (1 total hosts)
Initiating Parallel DNS resolution of 1 host. at 16:22
Completed Parallel DNS resolution of 1 host. at 16:22, 0.01s elapsed
Initiating SYN Stealth Scan at 16:22
Scanning 10.68.68.56 [1000 ports]
Discovered open port 22/tcp on 10.68.68.56
Completed SYN Stealth Scan at 16:22, 0.03s elapsed (1000 total ports)
Nmap scan report for 10.68.68.56
Host is up (0.000081s latency).
Not shown: 999 closed ports
PORT   STATE SERVICE
22/tcp open  ssh
MAC Address: FC:4D:D4:2E:CD:81 (Universal Global Scientific Industrial)

Read data files from: /usr/bin/../share/nmap
Nmap done: 1 IP address (1 host up) scanned in 0.16 seconds
           Raw packets sent: 1001 (44.028KB) | Rcvd: 1001 (40.032KB)
root@...vos:~# uname -a
Linux Tarvos 4.20.0-rc5 #1 SMP Wed Dec 5 17:16:15 CET 2018 x86_64 Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-3320M CPU @ 2.60GHz GenuineIntel GNU/Linux

Any feedback are welcome.
Thanks in advance

Marco