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-rw-r--r--net/core/net-sysfs.c5
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/net/core/net-sysfs.c b/net/core/net-sysfs.c
index 495586232aa..97d0f2453a0 100644
--- a/net/core/net-sysfs.c
+++ b/net/core/net-sysfs.c
@@ -74,15 +74,14 @@ static ssize_t netdev_store(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr,
int (*set)(struct net_device *, unsigned long))
{
struct net_device *net = to_net_dev(dev);
- char *endp;
unsigned long new;
int ret = -EINVAL;
if (!capable(CAP_NET_ADMIN))
return -EPERM;
- new = simple_strtoul(buf, &endp, 0);
- if (endp == buf)
+ ret = kstrtoul(buf, 0, &new);
+ if (ret)
goto err;
if (!rtnl_trylock())