diff --git a/lib/nlattr.c b/lib/nlattr.c index dfa55c873c1318643fdbcbe916b9c18a54edc4c9..e335bcafa9e4c3012de2f0f8606c3e542008f7b3 100644 --- a/lib/nlattr.c +++ b/lib/nlattr.c @@ -253,8 +253,8 @@ int nla_parse(struct nlattr **tb, int maxtype, const struct nlattr *head, if (policy) { err = validate_nla(nla, maxtype, policy); if (err < 0) { - if (extack) - extack->bad_attr = nla; + NL_SET_ERR_MSG_ATTR(extack, nla, + "Attribute failed policy validation"); goto errout; } }