From: Zhang Changzhong <zhangchangzhong@xxxxxxxxxx> [ Upstream commit a5ebcbdf34b65fcc07f38eaf2d60563b42619a59 ] Fix to return a negative error code from the error handling case instead of 0, as done elsewhere in this function. Fixes: 1da177e4c3f4 ("Linux-2.6.12-rc2") Reported-by: Hulk Robot <hulkci@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Zhang Changzhong <zhangchangzhong@xxxxxxxxxx> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/1605581105-35295-1-git-send-email-zhangchangzhong@xxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- net/ipv6/ah6.c | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) --- a/net/ipv6/ah6.c +++ b/net/ipv6/ah6.c @@ -595,7 +595,8 @@ static int ah6_input(struct xfrm_state * memcpy(auth_data, ah->auth_data, ahp->icv_trunc_len); memset(ah->auth_data, 0, ahp->icv_trunc_len); - if (ipv6_clear_mutable_options(ip6h, hdr_len, XFRM_POLICY_IN)) + err = ipv6_clear_mutable_options(ip6h, hdr_len, XFRM_POLICY_IN); + if (err) goto out_free; ip6h->priority = 0;