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1 files changed, 14 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/net/core/rtnetlink.c b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
index 8bf770a7261e..2f538ab512d0 100644
--- a/net/core/rtnetlink.c
+++ b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
@@ -3326,6 +3326,7 @@ static int __rtnl_newlink(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh,
struct ifinfomsg *ifm;
char ifname[IFNAMSIZ];
struct nlattr **data;
+ bool link_specified;
int err;
#ifdef CONFIG_MODULES
@@ -3346,12 +3347,16 @@ replay:
ifname[0] = '\0';
ifm = nlmsg_data(nlh);
- if (ifm->ifi_index > 0)
+ if (ifm->ifi_index > 0) {
+ link_specified = true;
dev = __dev_get_by_index(net, ifm->ifi_index);
- else if (tb[IFLA_IFNAME] || tb[IFLA_ALT_IFNAME])
+ } else if (tb[IFLA_IFNAME] || tb[IFLA_ALT_IFNAME]) {
+ link_specified = true;
dev = rtnl_dev_get(net, NULL, tb[IFLA_ALT_IFNAME], ifname);
- else
+ } else {
+ link_specified = false;
dev = NULL;
+ }
master_dev = NULL;
m_ops = NULL;
@@ -3454,7 +3459,12 @@ replay:
}
if (!(nlh->nlmsg_flags & NLM_F_CREATE)) {
- if (ifm->ifi_index == 0 && tb[IFLA_GROUP])
+ /* No dev found and NLM_F_CREATE not set. Requested dev does not exist,
+ * or it's for a group
+ */
+ if (link_specified)
+ return -ENODEV;
+ if (tb[IFLA_GROUP])
return rtnl_group_changelink(skb, net,
nla_get_u32(tb[IFLA_GROUP]),
ifm, extack, tb);