1 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/networking/ifconfig.c b/networking/ifconfig.c
index 9fdab3c3f..341998d8d 100644
--- a/networking/ifconfig.c
+++ b/networking/ifconfig.c
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
  * Foundation;  either  version 2 of the License, or  (at
  * your option) any later version.
  *
- * $Id: ifconfig.c,v 1.27 2003/11/14 03:04:08 andersen Exp $
+ * $Id: ifconfig.c,v 1.28 2004/03/06 22:11:44 andersen Exp $
  *
  */
 
@@ -394,8 +394,9 @@ int ifconfig_main(int argc, char **argv)
                                                 safe_strncpy(host, *argv, (sizeof host));
 #ifdef CONFIG_FEATURE_IPV6
                                                 if ((prefix = strchr(host, '/'))) {
-                                                        prefix_len = atol(prefix + 1);
-                                                        if ((prefix_len < 0) || (prefix_len > 128)) {
+                                                        if (safe_strtoi(prefix + 1, &prefix_len) ||
+                                                                (prefix_len < 0) || (prefix_len > 128))
+                                                        {
                                                                 ++goterr;
                                                                 goto LOOP;
                                                         }