We need NEXT_ARG() to get *argv pointing to "alias" parameter value. Overwise we get and check "alias" string length.
Fixes: f88becf35e08 ("iplink: Process "alias" parameter correctly") Signed-off-by: Serhey Popovych <serhe.popov...@gmail.com> --- ip/iplink.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/ip/iplink.c b/ip/iplink.c index 22c9a29..2db2c69 100644 --- a/ip/iplink.c +++ b/ip/iplink.c @@ -778,10 +778,10 @@ int iplink_parse(int argc, char **argv, struct iplink_req *req, argc--; argv++; break; } else if (matches(*argv, "alias") == 0) { + NEXT_ARG(); len = strlen(*argv); if (len >= IFALIASZ) invarg("alias too long\n", *argv); - NEXT_ARG(); addattr_l(&req->n, sizeof(*req), IFLA_IFALIAS, *argv, len); } else if (strcmp(*argv, "group") == 0) { -- 1.7.10.4