1 files changed, 10 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/net/netlink/af_netlink.c b/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
index ed587be1e1c2..2760b62dc2c1 100644
--- a/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
+++ b/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
@@ -1760,12 +1760,18 @@ int nlmsg_notify(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb, u32 pid,
                         exclude_pid = pid;
                 }
 
-                /* errors reported via destination sk->sk_err */
-                nlmsg_multicast(sk, skb, exclude_pid, group, flags);
+                /* errors reported via destination sk->sk_err, but propagate
+                 * delivery errors if NETLINK_BROADCAST_ERROR flag is set */
+                err = nlmsg_multicast(sk, skb, exclude_pid, group, flags);
         }
 
-        if (report)
-                err = nlmsg_unicast(sk, skb, pid);
+        if (report) {
+                int err2;
+
+                err2 = nlmsg_unicast(sk, skb, pid);
+                if (!err || err == -ESRCH)
+                        err = err2;
+        }
 
         return err;
 }