1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/net/core/rtnetlink.c b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
index 2d56cb9b0b9..abd936d8a71 100644
--- a/net/core/rtnetlink.c
+++ b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
@@ -1046,6 +1046,7 @@ const struct nla_policy ifla_policy[IFLA_MAX+1] = {
         [IFLA_LINKMODE]         = { .type = NLA_U8 },
         [IFLA_LINKINFO]         = { .type = NLA_NESTED },
         [IFLA_NET_NS_PID]       = { .type = NLA_U32 },
+        [IFLA_NET_NS_FD]        = { .type = NLA_U32 },
         [IFLA_IFALIAS]          = { .type = NLA_STRING, .len = IFALIASZ-1 },
         [IFLA_VFINFO_LIST]      = {. type = NLA_NESTED },
         [IFLA_VF_PORTS]         = { .type = NLA_NESTED },
@@ -1094,6 +1095,8 @@ struct net *rtnl_link_get_net(struct net *src_net, struct nlattr *tb[])
          */
         if (tb[IFLA_NET_NS_PID])
                 net = get_net_ns_by_pid(nla_get_u32(tb[IFLA_NET_NS_PID]));
+        else if (tb[IFLA_NET_NS_FD])
+                net = get_net_ns_by_fd(nla_get_u32(tb[IFLA_NET_NS_FD]));
         else
                 net = get_net(src_net);
         return net;
@@ -1224,7 +1227,7 @@ static int do_setlink(struct net_device *dev, struct ifinfomsg *ifm,
         int send_addr_notify = 0;
         int err;
 
-        if (tb[IFLA_NET_NS_PID]) {
+        if (tb[IFLA_NET_NS_PID] || tb[IFLA_NET_NS_FD]) {
                 struct net *net = rtnl_link_get_net(dev_net(dev), tb);
                 if (IS_ERR(net)) {
                         err = PTR_ERR(net);