Re: [PATCH] net: rtnetlink: be more strict when setting MAC address

On Mon, Aug 17, 2015 at 02:09:33PM -0700, David Miller wrote: > From: Phil Sutter > Date: Mon, 17 Aug 2015 23:06:47 +0200 > > > Upon evaluation of IFLA_ADDRESS and IFLA_BROADCAST messages, make sure > > the passed argument length matches dev->addr_len exactly. > > > > This fixes dubious behaviou

Re: [PATCH] net: rtnetlink: be more strict when setting MAC address

From: Phil Sutter Date: Mon, 17 Aug 2015 23:06:47 +0200 > Upon evaluation of IFLA_ADDRESS and IFLA_BROADCAST messages, make sure > the passed argument length matches dev->addr_len exactly. > > This fixes dubious behaviour of 'ip link set eth0 addr ' where > '' is too long, e.g. '00:11:22:33:44:5

[PATCH] net: rtnetlink: be more strict when setting MAC address

Upon evaluation of IFLA_ADDRESS and IFLA_BROADCAST messages, make sure the passed argument length matches dev->addr_len exactly. This fixes dubious behaviour of 'ip link set eth0 addr ' where '' is too long, e.g. '00:11:22:33:44:55:66:77'. Called like this, 'ip' would return successfully and the k