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-rw-r--r--net/core/rtnetlink.c4
-rw-r--r--net/netlink/af_netlink.c4
-rw-r--r--net/netlink/genetlink.c6
-rw-r--r--net/xfrm/xfrm_user.c4
4 files changed, 4 insertions, 14 deletions
diff --git a/net/core/rtnetlink.c b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
index cc09283fd76a..b2136accd267 100644
--- a/net/core/rtnetlink.c
+++ b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
@@ -864,10 +864,6 @@ rtnetlink_rcv_msg(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh, int *errp)
type = nlh->nlmsg_type;
- /* A control message: ignore them */
- if (type < RTM_BASE)
- return 0;
-
/* Unknown message: reply with EINVAL */
if (type > RTM_MAX)
goto err_inval;
diff --git a/net/netlink/af_netlink.c b/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
index 7b455980e9bf..5d1079b1838c 100644
--- a/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
+++ b/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
@@ -1479,6 +1479,10 @@ static int netlink_rcv_skb(struct sk_buff *skb, int (*cb)(struct sk_buff *,
if (!(nlh->nlmsg_flags & NLM_F_REQUEST))
goto skip;
+ /* Skip control messages */
+ if (nlh->nlmsg_type < NLMSG_MIN_TYPE)
+ goto skip;
+
if (cb(skb, nlh, &err) < 0) {
/* Not an error, but we have to interrupt processing
* here. Note: that in this case we do not pull
diff --git a/net/netlink/genetlink.c b/net/netlink/genetlink.c
index 039516f6cd80..95391e609046 100644
--- a/net/netlink/genetlink.c
+++ b/net/netlink/genetlink.c
@@ -304,9 +304,6 @@ static int genl_rcv_msg(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh,
struct genlmsghdr *hdr = nlmsg_data(nlh);
int hdrlen, err = -EINVAL;
- if (nlh->nlmsg_type < NLMSG_MIN_TYPE)
- goto ignore;
-
family = genl_family_find_byid(nlh->nlmsg_type);
if (family == NULL) {
err = -ENOENT;
@@ -364,9 +361,6 @@ static int genl_rcv_msg(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh,
*errp = err = ops->doit(skb, &info);
return err;
-ignore:
- return 0;
-
errout:
*errp = err;
return -1;
diff --git a/net/xfrm/xfrm_user.c b/net/xfrm/xfrm_user.c
index 913c8b727d8f..4d2f2094e6df 100644
--- a/net/xfrm/xfrm_user.c
+++ b/net/xfrm/xfrm_user.c
@@ -1860,10 +1860,6 @@ static int xfrm_user_rcv_msg(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh, int *err
type = nlh->nlmsg_type;
- /* A control message: ignore them */
- if (type < XFRM_MSG_BASE)
- return 0;
-
/* Unknown message: reply with EINVAL */
if (type > XFRM_MSG_MAX)
goto err_einval;