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1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index f91abf800161..a39354ee1432 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -1055,6 +1055,8 @@ rollback:
*/
int dev_set_alias(struct net_device *dev, const char *alias, size_t len)
{
+ char *new_ifalias;
+
ASSERT_RTNL();
if (len >= IFALIASZ)
@@ -1068,9 +1070,10 @@ int dev_set_alias(struct net_device *dev, const char *alias, size_t len)
return 0;
}
- dev->ifalias = krealloc(dev->ifalias, len + 1, GFP_KERNEL);
- if (!dev->ifalias)
+ new_ifalias = krealloc(dev->ifalias, len + 1, GFP_KERNEL);
+ if (!new_ifalias)
return -ENOMEM;
+ dev->ifalias = new_ifalias;
strlcpy(dev->ifalias, alias, len+1);
return len;