The validation code modified by commit 5b5e7a0de2bb ("net: metrics:
add proper netlink validation") is organised differently in older
kernel versions. The fib_convert_metrics() function that is modified
in the backports to 4.4 and 4.9 needs to returns an error code, not a
success flag.
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben.hutchings@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
net/ipv4/fib_semantics.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/net/ipv4/fib_semantics.c b/net/ipv4/fib_semantics.c
index 9d144cbd4e62..03ebff3950d8 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/fib_semantics.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/fib_semantics.c
@@ -980,7 +980,7 @@ fib_convert_metrics(struct fib_info *fi, const struct fib_config *cfg)
return -EINVAL;
} else {
if (nla_len(nla) != sizeof(u32))
- return false;
+ return -EINVAL;
val = nla_get_u32(nla);
}
if (type == RTAX_ADVMSS && val > 65535 - 40)
--
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