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[RTNETLINK]: Fix netdevice name corruption

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When changing a device by ifindex without including a IFLA_IFNAME
attribute, the ifname variable contains random garbage and is used
to change the device name.

Signed-off-by: Patrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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Patrick McHardy 2006-09-13 20:35:36 -07:00 committed by David S. Miller
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commit 78e5b8916e
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@ -394,6 +394,8 @@ static int rtnl_setlink(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh, void *arg)
if (tb[IFLA_IFNAME])
nla_strlcpy(ifname, tb[IFLA_IFNAME], IFNAMSIZ);
else
ifname[0] = '\0';
err = -EINVAL;
ifm = nlmsg_data(nlh);