2 files changed, 8 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/net/netlink/af_netlink.c b/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
index 8488c15f2643..7b455980e9bf 100644
--- a/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
+++ b/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
@@ -1470,10 +1470,15 @@ static int netlink_rcv_skb(struct sk_buff *skb, int (*cb)(struct sk_buff *,
 
         while (skb->len >= nlmsg_total_size(0)) {
                 nlh = nlmsg_hdr(skb);
+                err = 0;
 
                 if (nlh->nlmsg_len < NLMSG_HDRLEN || skb->len < nlh->nlmsg_len)
                         return 0;
 
+                /* Only requests are handled by the kernel */
+                if (!(nlh->nlmsg_flags & NLM_F_REQUEST))
+                        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
@@ -1481,9 +1486,10 @@ static int netlink_rcv_skb(struct sk_buff *skb, int (*cb)(struct sk_buff *,
                          */
                         if (err == 0)
                                 return -1;
+                }
+skip:
+                if (nlh->nlmsg_flags & NLM_F_ACK || err)
                         netlink_ack(skb, nlh, err);
-                } else if (nlh->nlmsg_flags & NLM_F_ACK)
-                        netlink_ack(skb, nlh, 0);
 
                 netlink_queue_skip(nlh, skb);
         }
diff --git a/net/netlink/genetlink.c b/net/netlink/genetlink.c
index c2996794eb25..039516f6cd80 100644
--- a/net/netlink/genetlink.c
+++ b/net/netlink/genetlink.c
@@ -304,9 +304,6 @@ static int genl_rcv_msg(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh,
         struct genlmsghdr *hdr = nlmsg_data(nlh);
         int hdrlen, err = -EINVAL;
 
-        if (!(nlh->nlmsg_flags & NLM_F_REQUEST))
-                goto ignore;
-
         if (nlh->nlmsg_type < NLMSG_MIN_TYPE)
                 goto ignore;