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From: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Subject: Re: [Patch net] rtnetlink: allocate more memory for
 dev_set_mac_address()
Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2017 15:23:51 -0700 (PDT)
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From: Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2017 11:27:57 -0700

> virtnet_set_mac_address() interprets mac address as struct
> sockaddr, but upper layer only allocates dev->addr_len
> which is ETH_ALEN + sizeof(sa_family_t) in this case.
> 
> We lack a unified definition for mac address, so just fix
> the upper layer, this also allows drivers to interpret it
> to struct sockaddr freely.
> 
> Reported-by: David Ahern <dsahern@gmail.com>
> Signed-off-by: Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@gmail.com>

Applied and queued up for -stable, thanks Cong.