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-rw-r--r--src/libsystemd-rtnl/rtnl-message.c10
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/src/libsystemd-rtnl/rtnl-message.c b/src/libsystemd-rtnl/rtnl-message.c
index 85cf55a3cd..941bd96382 100644
--- a/src/libsystemd-rtnl/rtnl-message.c
+++ b/src/libsystemd-rtnl/rtnl-message.c
@@ -187,6 +187,7 @@ static int add_rtattr(sd_rtnl_message *m, unsigned short type, const void *data,
uint32_t rta_length, message_length;
struct nlmsghdr *new_hdr;
struct rtattr *rta;
+ char *padding;
assert_return(m, -EINVAL);
assert_return(m->hdr, -EINVAL);
@@ -194,10 +195,9 @@ static int add_rtattr(sd_rtnl_message *m, unsigned short type, const void *data,
assert_return(data, -EINVAL);
assert_return(data_length > 0, -EINVAL);
- /* get the size of the new rta attribute (without padding at the end) */
+ /* get the size of the new rta attribute (with padding at the end) */
rta_length = RTA_LENGTH(data_length);
- /* get the new message size (with padding between the old message and the new attrib,
- * but no padding after)
+ /* get the new message size (with padding at the end)
*/
message_length = m->hdr->nlmsg_len + RTA_ALIGN(rta_length);
@@ -218,7 +218,9 @@ static int add_rtattr(sd_rtnl_message *m, unsigned short type, const void *data,
/* we don't deal with the case where the user lies about the type and gives us
* too little data (so don't do that)
*/
- memcpy(RTA_DATA(rta), data, data_length);
+ padding = mempcpy(RTA_DATA(rta), data, data_length);
+ /* make sure also the padding at the end of the message is initialized */
+ memset(padding, '\0', (unsigned char *) m->hdr + m->hdr->nlmsg_len - (unsigned char *) padding);
return 0;
}