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-rw-r--r--net/netlink/genetlink.c24
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/net/netlink/genetlink.c b/net/netlink/genetlink.c
index 79cfa031dc7d..efccd1ac9a66 100644
--- a/net/netlink/genetlink.c
+++ b/net/netlink/genetlink.c
@@ -537,21 +537,25 @@ static int genl_family_rcv_msg(const struct genl_family *family,
return -EOPNOTSUPP;
if (!(ops->validate & GENL_DONT_VALIDATE_DUMP)) {
- unsigned int validate = NL_VALIDATE_STRICT;
int hdrlen = GENL_HDRLEN + family->hdrsize;
- if (ops->validate & GENL_DONT_VALIDATE_DUMP_STRICT)
- validate = NL_VALIDATE_LIBERAL;
-
if (nlh->nlmsg_len < nlmsg_msg_size(hdrlen))
return -EINVAL;
- rc = __nla_validate(nlmsg_attrdata(nlh, hdrlen),
- nlmsg_attrlen(nlh, hdrlen),
- family->maxattr, family->policy,
- validate, extack);
- if (rc)
- return rc;
+ if (family->maxattr) {
+ unsigned int validate = NL_VALIDATE_STRICT;
+
+ if (ops->validate &
+ GENL_DONT_VALIDATE_DUMP_STRICT)
+ validate = NL_VALIDATE_LIBERAL;
+ rc = __nla_validate(nlmsg_attrdata(nlh, hdrlen),
+ nlmsg_attrlen(nlh, hdrlen),
+ family->maxattr,
+ family->policy,
+ validate, extack);
+ if (rc)
+ return rc;
+ }
}
if (!family->parallel_ops) {