1 files changed, 7 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/networking/libiproute/iplink.c b/networking/libiproute/iplink.c
index dc936bdc5..8de17bfc6 100644
--- a/networking/libiproute/iplink.c
+++ b/networking/libiproute/iplink.c
@@ -174,15 +174,18 @@ static int do_set(char **argv)
         char *newname = NULL;
         int htype, halen;
         static const char keywords[] ALIGN1 =
-                "up\0""down\0""name\0""mtu\0""multicast\0""arp\0""address\0""dev\0";
-        enum { ARG_up = 0, ARG_down, ARG_name, ARG_mtu, ARG_multicast, ARG_arp,
-                ARG_addr, ARG_dev };
+                "up\0""down\0""name\0""mtu\0""multicast\0"
+                "arp\0""address\0""dev\0";
+        enum { ARG_up = 0, ARG_down, ARG_name, ARG_mtu, ARG_multicast,
+                ARG_arp, ARG_addr, ARG_dev };
         static const char str_on_off[] ALIGN1 = "on\0""off\0";
         enum { PARM_on = 0, PARM_off };
         smalluint key;
 
         while (*argv) {
-                key = index_in_strings(keywords, *argv);
+                /* substring search ensures that e.g. "addr" and "address"
+                 * are both accepted */
+                key = index_in_substrings(keywords, *argv);
                 if (key == ARG_up) {
                         mask |= IFF_UP;
                         flags |= IFF_UP;