1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/net/ieee802154/6lowpan.c b/net/ieee802154/6lowpan.c
index c85e71e0c7ff..ff41b4d60d30 100644
--- a/net/ieee802154/6lowpan.c
+++ b/net/ieee802154/6lowpan.c
@@ -1372,6 +1372,8 @@ static int lowpan_newlink(struct net *src_net, struct net_device *dev,
         real_dev = dev_get_by_index(src_net, nla_get_u32(tb[IFLA_LINK]));
         if (!real_dev)
                 return -ENODEV;
+        if (real_dev->type != ARPHRD_IEEE802154)
+                return -EINVAL;
 
         lowpan_dev_info(dev)->real_dev = real_dev;
         lowpan_dev_info(dev)->fragment_tag = 0;
@@ -1386,6 +1388,9 @@ static int lowpan_newlink(struct net *src_net, struct net_device *dev,
 
         entry->ldev = dev;
 
+        /* Set the lowpan harware address to the wpan hardware address. */
+        memcpy(dev->dev_addr, real_dev->dev_addr, IEEE802154_ADDR_LEN);
+
         mutex_lock(&lowpan_dev_info(dev)->dev_list_mtx);
         INIT_LIST_HEAD(&entry->list);
         list_add_tail(&entry->list, &lowpan_devices);