ipv6 addrlabel: permit deletion of labels assigned to removed dev

as addrlabels with an interface index are left alone when the interface gets removed this results in addrlabels that can no longer be removed. Restrict validation of index to adding new addrlabels. Signed-off-by: Florian Westphal <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <[email protected]>
yshchan · May 18, 2010 · 0771275 · 0771275
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commit 0771275
Showing 1 changed file with 4 additions and 4 deletions.
diff --git a/net/ipv6/addrlabel.c b/net/ipv6/addrlabel.c
@@ -422,10 +422,6 @@ static int ip6addrlbl_newdel(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh,
 	    ifal->ifal_prefixlen > 128)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	if (ifal->ifal_index &&
-	    !__dev_get_by_index(net, ifal->ifal_index))
-		return -EINVAL;
-
 	if (!tb[IFAL_ADDRESS])
 		return -EINVAL;
 
@@ -441,6 +437,10 @@ static int ip6addrlbl_newdel(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh,
 
 	switch(nlh->nlmsg_type) {
 	case RTM_NEWADDRLABEL:
+		if (ifal->ifal_index &&
+		    !__dev_get_by_index(net, ifal->ifal_index))
+			return -EINVAL;
+
 		err = ip6addrlbl_add(net, pfx, ifal->ifal_prefixlen,
 				     ifal->ifal_index, label,
 				     nlh->nlmsg_flags & NLM_F_REPLACE);