1 files changed, 14 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/net/core/rtnetlink.c b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
index 20e5bb73f147..30cc1ba6ed5c 100644
--- a/net/core/rtnetlink.c
+++ b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
@@ -394,6 +394,9 @@ static int do_setlink(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh, void *arg)
         }
 
         if (ida[IFLA_ADDRESS - 1]) {
+                struct sockaddr *sa;
+                int len;
+
                 if (!dev->set_mac_address) {
                         err = -EOPNOTSUPP;
                         goto out;
@@ -405,7 +408,17 @@ static int do_setlink(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh, void *arg)
                 if (ida[IFLA_ADDRESS - 1]->rta_len != RTA_LENGTH(dev->addr_len))
                         goto out;
 
-                err = dev->set_mac_address(dev, RTA_DATA(ida[IFLA_ADDRESS - 1]));
+                len = sizeof(sa_family_t) + dev->addr_len;
+                sa = kmalloc(len, GFP_KERNEL);
+                if (!sa) {
+                        err = -ENOMEM;
+                        goto out;
+                }
+                sa->sa_family = dev->type;
+                memcpy(sa->sa_data, RTA_DATA(ida[IFLA_ADDRESS - 1]),
+                       dev->addr_len);
+                err = dev->set_mac_address(dev, sa);
+                kfree(sa);
                 if (err)
                         goto out;
                 send_addr_notify = 1;