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-rw-r--r--drivers/net/vrf.c6
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/vrf.c b/drivers/net/vrf.c
index aa5d30428bba..ceda5861da78 100644
--- a/drivers/net/vrf.c
+++ b/drivers/net/vrf.c
@@ -877,6 +877,12 @@ static int do_vrf_add_slave(struct net_device *dev, struct net_device *port_dev)
{
int ret;
+ /* do not allow loopback device to be enslaved to a VRF.
+ * The vrf device acts as the loopback for the vrf.
+ */
+ if (port_dev == dev_net(dev)->loopback_dev)
+ return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+
port_dev->priv_flags |= IFF_L3MDEV_SLAVE;
ret = netdev_master_upper_dev_link(port_dev, dev, NULL, NULL);
if (ret < 0)