From: Antoine Tenart <atenart@xxxxxxxxxx> Since commit 6e1acfa387b9 ("netfilter: nf_tables: validate registers coming from userspace.") nft_parse_register can return a negative value, but the function prototype is still returning an unsigned int. Fixes: 6e1acfa387b9 ("netfilter: nf_tables: validate registers coming from userspace.") Signed-off-by: Antoine Tenart <atenart@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c b/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c index 128ee3b300d6..16c3a39689f4 100644 --- a/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c +++ b/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c @@ -9363,7 +9363,7 @@ int nft_parse_u32_check(const struct nlattr *attr, int max, u32 *dest) } EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(nft_parse_u32_check); -static unsigned int nft_parse_register(const struct nlattr *attr, u32 *preg) +static int nft_parse_register(const struct nlattr *attr, u32 *preg) { unsigned int reg; -- 2.30.2