From: Florian Westphal <fw@xxxxxxxxx> smatch warnings: net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_proto.c:167 nf_confirm() warn: unsigned 'protoff' is never less than zero. We need to check if ipv6_skip_exthdr() returned an error, but protoff is unsigned. Use a signed integer for this. Fixes: a70e483460d5 ("netfilter: conntrack: merge ipv4+ipv6 confirm functions") Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Florian Westphal <fw@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_proto.c | 7 +++++-- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_proto.c b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_proto.c index 99323fb12d0f..ccef340be575 100644 --- a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_proto.c +++ b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_proto.c @@ -141,6 +141,7 @@ unsigned int nf_confirm(void *priv, struct nf_conn *ct; bool seqadj_needed; __be16 frag_off; + int start; u8 pnum; ct = nf_ct_get(skb, &ctinfo); @@ -163,9 +164,11 @@ unsigned int nf_confirm(void *priv, break; case NFPROTO_IPV6: pnum = ipv6_hdr(skb)->nexthdr; - protoff = ipv6_skip_exthdr(skb, sizeof(struct ipv6hdr), &pnum, &frag_off); - if (protoff < 0 || (frag_off & htons(~0x7)) != 0) + start = ipv6_skip_exthdr(skb, sizeof(struct ipv6hdr), &pnum, &frag_off); + if (start < 0 || (frag_off & htons(~0x7)) != 0) return nf_conntrack_confirm(skb); + + protoff = start; break; default: return nf_conntrack_confirm(skb); -- 2.30.2