1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/net/netlink/af_netlink.c b/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
index fdf51353cf78..04748ab649c2 100644
--- a/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
+++ b/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
@@ -1489,8 +1489,8 @@ static int netlink_connect(struct socket *sock, struct sockaddr *addr,
         if (addr->sa_family != AF_NETLINK)
                 return -EINVAL;
 
-        /* Only superuser is allowed to send multicasts */
-        if (nladdr->nl_groups && !netlink_capable(sock, NL_CFG_F_NONROOT_SEND))
+        if ((nladdr->nl_groups || nladdr->nl_pid) &&
+            !netlink_capable(sock, NL_CFG_F_NONROOT_SEND))
                 return -EPERM;
 
         if (!nlk->portid)