[patch 02/31] Fix rtm_to_ifaddr() error return.

[Greg KH]

-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let us know.

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From: Evgeniy Polyakov <johnpol@xxxxxxxxxxx>

[IPV4]: Fix rtm_to_ifaddr() error handling.

Return negative error value (embedded in the pointer) instead of
returning NULL.

Signed-off-by: Evgeniy Polyakov <johnpol@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxx>

---
 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) {

-- 
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