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-rw-r--r--net/core/rtnetlink.c7
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/net/core/rtnetlink.c b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
index 79f62517e24a..0d3f724da78b 100644
--- a/net/core/rtnetlink.c
+++ b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
@@ -2970,9 +2970,12 @@ replay:
ifname[0] = '\0';
ifm = nlmsg_data(nlh);
- if (ifm->ifi_index > 0)
+ if (ifm->ifi_index > 0) {
dev = __dev_get_by_index(net, ifm->ifi_index);
- else {
+ } else if (ifm->ifi_index < 0) {
+ NL_SET_ERR_MSG(extack, "ifindex can't be negative");
+ return -EINVAL;
+ } else {
if (ifname[0])
dev = __dev_get_by_name(net, ifname);
else