Both addattr_l() and rta_addattr_l() may be called with NULL data
pointer and 0 alen parameters. Avoid calling memcpy() in that case.

Signed-off-by: Phil Sutter <p...@nwl.cc>
---
 lib/libnetlink.c | 6 ++++--
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/libnetlink.c b/lib/libnetlink.c
index 874e660be7eb4..fbe719ee10449 100644
--- a/lib/libnetlink.c
+++ b/lib/libnetlink.c
@@ -871,7 +871,8 @@ int addattr_l(struct nlmsghdr *n, int maxlen, int type, 
const void *data,
        rta = NLMSG_TAIL(n);
        rta->rta_type = type;
        rta->rta_len = len;
-       memcpy(RTA_DATA(rta), data, alen);
+       if (alen)
+               memcpy(RTA_DATA(rta), data, alen);
        n->nlmsg_len = NLMSG_ALIGN(n->nlmsg_len) + RTA_ALIGN(len);
        return 0;
 }
@@ -958,7 +959,8 @@ int rta_addattr_l(struct rtattr *rta, int maxlen, int type,
        subrta = (struct rtattr *)(((char *)rta) + RTA_ALIGN(rta->rta_len));
        subrta->rta_type = type;
        subrta->rta_len = len;
-       memcpy(RTA_DATA(subrta), data, alen);
+       if (alen)
+               memcpy(RTA_DATA(subrta), data, alen);
        rta->rta_len = NLMSG_ALIGN(rta->rta_len) + RTA_ALIGN(len);
        return 0;
 }
-- 
2.13.1

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