From c4fb35bdfcef9c8974392df3fb702b91cc54a755 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Serhey Popovych <serhe.popovych@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2018 16:24:40 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] iplink: Fix "alias" parameter length calculations

We need NEXT_ARG() to get *argv pointing to "alias"
parameter value. Overwise we get and check "alias"
string length.

Fixes: f88becf35e08 ("iplink: Process "alias" parameter correctly")
Signed-off-by: Serhey Popovych <serhe.popovych@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>
---
 ip/iplink.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/ip/iplink.c b/ip/iplink.c
index 22c9a29c..2db2c691 100644
--- a/ip/iplink.c
+++ b/ip/iplink.c
@@ -778,10 +778,10 @@ int iplink_parse(int argc, char **argv, struct iplink_req *req,
 			argc--; argv++;
 			break;
 		} else if (matches(*argv, "alias") == 0) {
+			NEXT_ARG();
 			len = strlen(*argv);
 			if (len >= IFALIASZ)
 				invarg("alias too long\n", *argv);
-			NEXT_ARG();
 			addattr_l(&req->n, sizeof(*req), IFLA_IFALIAS,
 				  *argv, len);
 		} else if (strcmp(*argv, "group") == 0) {