Both addattr_l() and rta_addattr_l() may be called with NULL data pointer and 0 alen parameters. Avoid calling memcpy() in that case.
Signed-off-by: Phil Sutter <p...@nwl.cc> --- lib/libnetlink.c | 6 ++++-- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/lib/libnetlink.c b/lib/libnetlink.c index 874e660be7eb4..fbe719ee10449 100644 --- a/lib/libnetlink.c +++ b/lib/libnetlink.c @@ -871,7 +871,8 @@ int addattr_l(struct nlmsghdr *n, int maxlen, int type, const void *data, rta = NLMSG_TAIL(n); rta->rta_type = type; rta->rta_len = len; - memcpy(RTA_DATA(rta), data, alen); + if (alen) + memcpy(RTA_DATA(rta), data, alen); n->nlmsg_len = NLMSG_ALIGN(n->nlmsg_len) + RTA_ALIGN(len); return 0; } @@ -958,7 +959,8 @@ int rta_addattr_l(struct rtattr *rta, int maxlen, int type, subrta = (struct rtattr *)(((char *)rta) + RTA_ALIGN(rta->rta_len)); subrta->rta_type = type; subrta->rta_len = len; - memcpy(RTA_DATA(subrta), data, alen); + if (alen) + memcpy(RTA_DATA(subrta), data, alen); rta->rta_len = NLMSG_ALIGN(rta->rta_len) + RTA_ALIGN(len); return 0; } -- 2.13.1