Disallow empty link name. From: Alexander Wirt Patch from debian iproute package. diff -urNad iproute-20060323~/ip/iplink.c iproute-20060323/ip/iplink.c --- iproute-20060323~/ip/iplink.c 2006-03-22 00:57:50.000000000 +0100 +++ iproute-20060323/ip/iplink.c 2006-09-08 21:07:14.000000000 +0200 @@ -384,6 +384,10 @@ } if (newname && strcmp(dev, newname)) { + if (strlen(newname) == 0) { + printf("\"\" is not valid device identifier\n",dev); + return -1; + } if (do_changename(dev, newname) < 0) return -1; dev = newname;