On 11/17/20 3:42 PM, Mark Jonas wrote:
> From: Wang Xin <xin.wang7@cn.bosch.com>
> 
> The function do_get_nl_link() retrieves attributes from the response
> RTM_NEWLINK. But it calculates the attribute list size with the wrong
> structure struct ifaddrmsg. According to man 7 rtnetlink, RTM_NEWLINK
> message uses struct ifinfomsg instead of struct ifaddrmsg.  This causes
> that additional 8 bytes are parsed and garbage attributes might be
> retrieved. One of consequences is that the message will be dropped if
> the garbage attribute is IFLA_IFNAME and contains an invalid interface
> name.
> 
> To fix this issue, use struct ifinfomsg to calculate the size of
> attribute list for RTM_NEWLINK.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Wang Xin <xin.wang7@cn.bosch.com>
> Signed-off-by: Mark Jonas <mark.jonas@de.bosch.com>

Applied to master.

Tnx,
Marc

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