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-rw-r--r--net/core/rtnetlink.c5
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/net/core/rtnetlink.c b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
index df042da422ef..511c25bf6f2a 100644
--- a/net/core/rtnetlink.c
+++ b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
@@ -6328,8 +6328,9 @@ static int rtnl_stats_get(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh,
NETLINK_CB(skb).portid, nlh->nlmsg_seq, 0,
0, &filters, &idxattr, &prividx, extack);
if (err < 0) {
- /* -EMSGSIZE implies BUG in if_nlmsg_stats_size */
- WARN_ON(err == -EMSGSIZE);
+ /* -EMSGSIZE implies BUG in if_nlmsg_stats_size
+ * or a too big nested attribute.
+ */
kfree_skb(nskb);
} else {
err = rtnl_unicast(nskb, net, NETLINK_CB(skb).portid);