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-rw-r--r--net/core/rtnetlink.c3
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/net/core/rtnetlink.c b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
index 48e300a144ad..9d4507aa736b 100644
--- a/net/core/rtnetlink.c
+++ b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
@@ -3465,6 +3465,9 @@ 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);