Return negative error value (embedded in the pointer) instead of returning NULL. Signed-off-by: Evgeniy Polyakov <johnpol@2ka.mipt.ru> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
@@ -502,8 +502,10 @@ static struct in_ifaddr *rtm_to_ifaddr(struct nlmsghdr *nlh)
goto errout;
ifm = nlmsg_data(nlh);
- if (ifm->ifa_prefixlen > 32 || tb[IFA_LOCAL] == NULL)
+ if (ifm->ifa_prefixlen > 32 || tb[IFA_LOCAL] == NULL) {
+ err = -EINVAL;
+ }
dev = __dev_get_by_index(ifm->ifa_index);
if (dev == NULL) {