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-rw-r--r--net/core/rtnetlink.c19
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 15 deletions
diff --git a/net/core/rtnetlink.c b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
index 8a914b37ef6e..f9a35bdc58ad 100644
--- a/net/core/rtnetlink.c
+++ b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
@@ -3080,17 +3080,7 @@ static int do_setlink(const struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev,
}
if (tb[IFLA_ADDRESS]) {
- struct sockaddr *sa;
- int len;
-
- len = sizeof(sa_family_t) + max_t(size_t, dev->addr_len,
- sizeof(*sa));
- sa = kmalloc(len, GFP_KERNEL);
- if (!sa) {
- err = -ENOMEM;
- goto errout;
- }
- sa->sa_family = dev->type;
+ struct sockaddr_storage ss = { };
netdev_unlock_ops(dev);
@@ -3098,10 +3088,9 @@ static int do_setlink(const struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev,
down_write(&dev_addr_sem);
netdev_lock_ops(dev);
- memcpy(sa->sa_data, nla_data(tb[IFLA_ADDRESS]),
- dev->addr_len);
- err = netif_set_mac_address(dev, sa, extack);
- kfree(sa);
+ ss.ss_family = dev->type;
+ memcpy(ss.__data, nla_data(tb[IFLA_ADDRESS]), dev->addr_len);
+ err = netif_set_mac_address(dev, &ss, extack);
if (err) {
up_write(&dev_addr_sem);
goto errout;