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-rw-r--r--net/core/rtnetlink.c3
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/net/core/rtnetlink.c b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
index 2dcf1c084b20..972c8cb303a5 100644
--- a/net/core/rtnetlink.c
+++ b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
@@ -2605,6 +2605,7 @@ static int do_setlink(const struct sk_buff *skb,
return err;
if (tb[IFLA_NET_NS_PID] || tb[IFLA_NET_NS_FD] || tb[IFLA_TARGET_NETNSID]) {
+ const char *pat = ifname && ifname[0] ? ifname : NULL;
struct net *net;
int new_ifindex;
@@ -2620,7 +2621,7 @@ static int do_setlink(const struct sk_buff *skb,
else
new_ifindex = 0;
- err = __dev_change_net_namespace(dev, net, ifname, new_ifindex);
+ err = __dev_change_net_namespace(dev, net, pat, new_ifindex);
put_net(net);
if (err)
goto errout;