[NETLINK]: Ignore control messages directly in netlink_run_queue()
Changes netlink_rcv_skb() to skip netlink controll messages and don't
pass them on to the message handler.
Signed-off-by: Thomas Graf <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <[email protected]>
diff --git a/net/netlink/af_netlink.c b/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
index 7b45598..5d1079b 100644
--- a/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
+++ b/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
@@ -1479,6 +1479,10 @@
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
