commit d527c860f5a3f0ed687bd03f0cb464612dc23408
Author: Florian Weimer <fweimer@redhat.com>
Date:   Tue Nov 27 16:12:43 2018 +0100

    CVE-2018-19591: if_nametoindex: Fix descriptor for overlong name [BZ #23927]

diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/if_index.c b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/if_index.c
index e3d08982d9931108..782fc5e1750e9ead 100644
--- a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/if_index.c
+++ b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/if_index.c
@@ -38,11 +38,6 @@ __if_nametoindex (const char *ifname)
   return 0;
 #else
   struct ifreq ifr;
-  int fd = __opensock ();
-
-  if (fd < 0)
-    return 0;
-
   if (strlen (ifname) >= IFNAMSIZ)
     {
       __set_errno (ENODEV);
@@ -50,6 +45,12 @@ __if_nametoindex (const char *ifname)
     }
 
   strncpy (ifr.ifr_name, ifname, sizeof (ifr.ifr_name));
+
+  int fd = __opensock ();
+
+  if (fd < 0)
+    return 0;
+
   if (__ioctl (fd, SIOCGIFINDEX, &ifr) < 0)
     {
       int saved_errno = errno;
