@@ -3851,20 +3851,26 @@ static int __rtnl_newlink(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh,
{
struct nlattr ** const tb = tbs->tb;
struct net *net = sock_net(skb->sk);
+ struct net *device_net;
struct net_device *dev;
struct ifinfomsg *ifm;
bool link_specified;
+ /* When creating, lookup for existing device in target net namespace */
+ device_net = (nlh->nlmsg_flags & NLM_F_CREATE) &&
+ (nlh->nlmsg_flags & NLM_F_EXCL) ?
+ tgt_net : net;
+
ifm = nlmsg_data(nlh);
if (ifm->ifi_index > 0) {
link_specified = true;
- dev = __dev_get_by_index(net, ifm->ifi_index);
+ dev = __dev_get_by_index(device_net, ifm->ifi_index);
} else if (ifm->ifi_index < 0) {
NL_SET_ERR_MSG(extack, "ifindex can't be negative");
return -EINVAL;
} else if (tb[IFLA_IFNAME] || tb[IFLA_ALT_IFNAME]) {
link_specified = true;
- dev = rtnl_dev_get(net, tb);
+ dev = rtnl_dev_get(device_net, tb);
} else {
link_specified = false;
dev = NULL;
When creating link, lookup for existing device in target net namespace instead of current one. For example, two links created by: # ip link add dummy1 type dummy # ip link add netns ns1 dummy1 type dummy should have no conflict since they are in different namespaces. Signed-off-by: Xiao Liang <shaw.leon@gmail.com> --- net/core/rtnetlink.c | 10 ++++++++-- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)