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-rw-r--r--plugins-root/check_icmp.c12
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/plugins-root/check_icmp.c b/plugins-root/check_icmp.c
index 98891f02..e45fdf60 100644
--- a/plugins-root/check_icmp.c
+++ b/plugins-root/check_icmp.c
@@ -1336,7 +1336,7 @@ add_target(char *arg)
switch (address_family) {
case -1:
- // -4 and -6 are not specified on cmdline
+ /* -4 and -6 are not specified on cmdline */
address_family = AF_INET;
sin = (struct sockaddr_in *)&ip;
result = inet_pton(address_family, arg, &sin->sin_addr);
@@ -1347,6 +1347,10 @@ add_target(char *arg)
result = inet_pton(address_family, arg, &sin6->sin6_addr);
}
#endif
+ /* If we don't find any valid addresses, we still don't know the address_family */
+ if ( result != 1) {
+ address_family = -1;
+ }
break;
case AF_INET:
sin = (struct sockaddr_in *)&ip;
@@ -1367,7 +1371,11 @@ add_target(char *arg)
else {
errno = 0;
memset(&hints, 0, sizeof(hints));
- hints.ai_family = AF_UNSPEC;
+ if (address_family == -1) {
+ hints.ai_family = AF_UNSPEC;
+ } else {
+ hints.ai_family = address_family == AF_INET ? PF_INET : PF_INET6;
+ }
hints.ai_socktype = SOCK_RAW;
if((error = getaddrinfo(arg, NULL, &hints, &res)) != 0) {
errno = 0;