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| -rw-r--r-- | net/core/rtnetlink.c | 3 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/net/core/rtnetlink.c b/net/core/rtnetlink.c index bcebdeb59163..00c94d9622b4 100644 --- a/net/core/rtnetlink.c +++ b/net/core/rtnetlink.c @@ -3561,6 +3561,9 @@ replay: if (ifm->ifi_index > 0) { link_specified = true; dev = __dev_get_by_index(net, ifm->ifi_index); + } else if (ifm->ifi_index < 0) { + NL_SET_ERR_MSG(extack, "ifindex can't be negative"); + return -EINVAL; } else if (tb[IFLA_IFNAME] || tb[IFLA_ALT_IFNAME]) { link_specified = true; dev = rtnl_dev_get(net, tb); |