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-rw-r--r--net/core/dev.c6
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index a6316b336128..b6d13f3f1e5a 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -331,6 +331,12 @@ int netdev_name_node_alt_destroy(struct net_device *dev, const char *name)
name_node = netdev_name_node_lookup(net, name);
if (!name_node)
return -ENOENT;
+ /* lookup might have found our primary name or a name belonging
+ * to another device.
+ */
+ if (name_node == dev->name_node || name_node->dev != dev)
+ return -EINVAL;
+
__netdev_name_node_alt_destroy(name_node);
return 0;