[PATCH 3/6] Remove duplicate checkings in nfnetlink_check_attributes

[Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>]

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nfnetlink_check_attributes duplicates message size and callback id
checkings. nfnetlink_find_client and nfnetlink_rcv_msg already do such
checkings.

Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>

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[PATCH] Remove duplicate checkings in nfnetlink_check_attributes

nfnetlink_check_attributes duplicates message size and callback id checkings. 
nfnetlink_find_client and nfnetlink_rcv_msg already do such checkings.

Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>

Index: net-2.6.git/net/netfilter/nfnetlink.c
===================================================================
--- net-2.6.git.orig/net/netfilter/nfnetlink.c	2006-12-26 04:45:09.000000000 +0100
+++ net-2.6.git/net/netfilter/nfnetlink.c	2006-12-26 04:49:28.000000000 +0100
@@ -127,17 +127,10 @@ static int
 nfnetlink_check_attributes(struct nfnetlink_subsystem *subsys,
 			   struct nlmsghdr *nlh, struct nfattr *cda[])
 {
-	int min_len;
+	int min_len = NLMSG_SPACE(sizeof(struct nfgenmsg));
 	u_int16_t attr_count;
 	u_int8_t cb_id = NFNL_MSG_TYPE(nlh->nlmsg_type);
 
-	if (unlikely(cb_id >= subsys->cb_count))
-		return -EINVAL;
-
-	min_len = NLMSG_SPACE(sizeof(struct nfgenmsg));
-	if (unlikely(nlh->nlmsg_len < min_len))
-		return -EINVAL;
-
 	attr_count = subsys->cb[cb_id].attr_count;
 	memset(cda, 0, sizeof(struct nfattr *) * attr_count);