The kernel version of snprintf() can't return negatives. The "ret > (int)sizeof(sym)" check is off by one because and it should be >=. Finally, we need to set a negative error code. Fixes: e2cf17d3774c ("netfilter: add new hook nfnl subsystem") Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx> --- net/netfilter/nfnetlink_hook.c | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_hook.c b/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_hook.c index 58fda6ac663b..50b4e3c9347a 100644 --- a/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_hook.c +++ b/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_hook.c @@ -126,8 +126,10 @@ static int nfnl_hook_dump_one(struct sk_buff *nlskb, #ifdef CONFIG_KALLSYMS ret = snprintf(sym, sizeof(sym), "%ps", ops->hook); - if (ret < 0 || ret > (int)sizeof(sym)) + if (ret >= sizeof(sym)) { + ret = -EINVAL; goto nla_put_failure; + } module_name = strstr(sym, " ["); if (module_name) { -- 2.30.2