Merge branch 'next' into for-linus

1 files changed, 11 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index 6fe7d739e59b..be9924f60ec3 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -5035,6 +5035,11 @@ int register_netdevice(struct net_device *dev)
                 rollback_registered(dev);
                 dev->reg_state = NETREG_UNREGISTERED;
         }
+        /*
+         *      Prevent userspace races by waiting until the network
+         *      device is fully setup before sending notifications.
+         */
+        rtmsg_ifinfo(RTM_NEWLINK, dev, ~0U);
 
 out:
         return ret;
@@ -5597,6 +5602,12 @@ int dev_change_net_namespace(struct net_device *dev, struct net *net, const char
         /* Notify protocols, that a new device appeared. */
         call_netdevice_notifiers(NETDEV_REGISTER, dev);
 
+        /*
+         *      Prevent userspace races by waiting until the network
+         *      device is fully setup before sending notifications.
+         */
+        rtmsg_ifinfo(RTM_NEWLINK, dev, ~0U);
+
         synchronize_net();
         err = 0;
 out: