[RTNETLINK]: rtnl_link: allow specifying initial device address
Drivers need to validate the initial addresses in their netlink attribute
validation function or manually reject them if they can't support this.
Signed-off-by: Patrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
diff --git a/net/8021q/vlan_netlink.c b/net/8021q/vlan_netlink.c
index 844c7e4..6cdd1e0 100644
--- a/net/8021q/vlan_netlink.c
+++ b/net/8021q/vlan_netlink.c
@@ -41,6 +41,13 @@
u16 id;
int err;
+ if (tb[IFLA_ADDRESS]) {
+ if (nla_len(tb[IFLA_ADDRESS]) != ETH_ALEN)
+ return -EINVAL;
+ if (!is_valid_ether_addr(nla_data(tb[IFLA_ADDRESS])))
+ return -EADDRNOTAVAIL;
+ }
+
if (!data)
return -EINVAL;
