1 files changed, 9 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/net/ipv4/devinet.c b/net/ipv4/devinet.c
index 480ace9819f6..c40203640966 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/devinet.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/devinet.c
@@ -1140,7 +1140,7 @@ static int inet_fill_ifaddr(struct sk_buff *skb, struct in_ifaddr *ifa,
 
         nlh = nlmsg_put(skb, pid, seq, event, sizeof(*ifm), flags);
         if (nlh == NULL)
-                return -ENOBUFS;
+                return -EMSGSIZE;
 
         ifm = nlmsg_data(nlh);
         ifm->ifa_family = AF_INET;
@@ -1167,7 +1167,8 @@ static int inet_fill_ifaddr(struct sk_buff *skb, struct in_ifaddr *ifa,
         return nlmsg_end(skb, nlh);
 
 nla_put_failure:
-        return nlmsg_cancel(skb, nlh);
+        nlmsg_cancel(skb, nlh);
+        return -EMSGSIZE;
 }
 
 static int inet_dump_ifaddr(struct sk_buff *skb, struct netlink_callback *cb)
@@ -1225,9 +1226,12 @@ static void rtmsg_ifa(int event, struct in_ifaddr* ifa, struct nlmsghdr *nlh,
                 goto errout;
 
         err = inet_fill_ifaddr(skb, ifa, pid, seq, event, 0);
-        /* failure implies BUG in inet_nlmsg_size() */
-        BUG_ON(err < 0);
-
+        if (err < 0) {
+                /* -EMSGSIZE implies BUG in inet_nlmsg_size() */
+                WARN_ON(err == -EMSGSIZE);
+                kfree_skb(skb);
+                goto errout;
+        }
         err = rtnl_notify(skb, pid, RTNLGRP_IPV4_IFADDR, nlh, GFP_KERNEL);
 errout:
         if (err < 0)