In this case, we don't need to check that new_ifindex is positive in
validate_linkmsg.
Fixes: eeb85a14ee34 ("net: Allow to specify ifindex when device is moved to
another namespace")
Suggested-by: Jakub Kicinski <k...@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrei Vagin <ava...@gmail.com>
---
net/core/rtnetlink.c | 4 +---
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/net/core/rtnetlink.c b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
index d51252afde0a..9108a7e6c0c0 100644
--- a/net/core/rtnetlink.c
+++ b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
@@ -1877,6 +1877,7 @@ static const struct nla_policy ifla_policy[IFLA_MAX+1] = {
.len = ALTIFNAMSIZ - 1 },
[IFLA_PERM_ADDRESS] = { .type = NLA_REJECT },
[IFLA_PROTO_DOWN_REASON] = { .type = NLA_NESTED },
+ [IFLA_NEW_IFINDEX] = NLA_POLICY_MIN(NLA_S32, 1),
};
static const struct nla_policy ifla_info_policy[IFLA_INFO_MAX+1] = {
@@ -2266,9 +2267,6 @@ static int validate_linkmsg(struct net_device *dev,
struct nlattr *tb[])
return -EINVAL;
}
- if (tb[IFLA_NEW_IFINDEX] && nla_get_s32(tb[IFLA_NEW_IFINDEX]) <= 0)
- return -EINVAL;
-
if (tb[IFLA_AF_SPEC]) {
struct nlattr *af;
int rem, err;
--
2.29.2
