[PATCH 08/12] batctl: netlink: detect receive errors in query_rtnl_link
Sven Eckelmann <[email protected]> Wed, 08 Jul 2026 22:00:14 +0200
| Newsgroups | org.open-mesh.lists.batman |
|---|---|
| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
query_rtnl_link() ignores the return value of nl_recvmsgs(). Once
nl_send_auto_complete() succeeds, the local err stays 0 no matter what
happens while receiving the RTM_GETLINK dump, so a failed or truncated dump
is reported as success.
Set err to -EIO on an receive error to let the caller handle it as actual
error.
Fixes: 45548f578683 ("batctl: Use rtnl to query list of softif devices")
Signed-off-by: Sven Eckelmann <[email protected]>
---
functions.c | 4 +++-
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/functions.c b/functions.c
index a3f6639..f3ad560 100644
--- a/functions.c
+++ b/functions.c
@@ -496,7 +496,9 @@ int query_rtnl_link(int ifindex, nl_recvmsg_msg_cb_t func, void *arg)
if (ret < 0)
goto err_free_msg;
- nl_recvmsgs(sock, cb);
+ ret = nl_recvmsgs(sock, cb);
+ if (ret < 0)
+ err = -EIO;
err_free_msg:
nlmsg_free(msg);
--
2.47.3