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 <fw@strlen.de>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/net/ipv6/addrlabel.c b/net/ipv6/addrlabel.c
index ae404c9a746c..8c4348cb1950 100644
--- 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);