==== //tps/libnl/3.0/mainline/src/lib/route/link.c#3 - /home/bp/P4/UTM-mainline/tps/libnl/3.0/mainline/src/lib/route/link.c ====
Index: /home/bp/P4/UTM-mainline/tps/libnl/3.0/mainline/src/lib/route/link.c
===================================================================
--- /home/bp/P4/UTM-mainline/tps/libnl/3.0/mainline/src/lib/route/link.c.orig
+++ /home/bp/P4/UTM-mainline/tps/libnl/3.0/mainline/src/lib/route/link.c
@@ -467,38 +467,48 @@ static int link_msg_parser(struct nl_cac
 
 		link->ce_mask |= LINK_ATTR_STATS;
 	}
 
 	if (tb[IFLA_STATS64]) {
-		struct rtnl_link_stats64 *st = nla_data(tb[IFLA_STATS64]);
+		/*
+		 * This structure contains 64bit parameters, and per the
+		 * documentation in lib/attr.c, must not be accessed
+		 * directly (because of alignment to 4 instead of 8).
+		 * Therefore, copy the data to the stack and access it from
+		 * there, where it will be aligned to 8.
+		 */
+		struct rtnl_link_stats64 st;
+
+		nla_memcpy(&st, tb[IFLA_STATS64], 
+			   sizeof(struct rtnl_link_stats64));
 		
-		link->l_stats[RTNL_LINK_RX_PACKETS]	= st->rx_packets;
-		link->l_stats[RTNL_LINK_TX_PACKETS]	= st->tx_packets;
-		link->l_stats[RTNL_LINK_RX_BYTES]	= st->rx_bytes;
-		link->l_stats[RTNL_LINK_TX_BYTES]	= st->tx_bytes;
-		link->l_stats[RTNL_LINK_RX_ERRORS]	= st->rx_errors;
-		link->l_stats[RTNL_LINK_TX_ERRORS]	= st->tx_errors;
-		link->l_stats[RTNL_LINK_RX_DROPPED]	= st->rx_dropped;
-		link->l_stats[RTNL_LINK_TX_DROPPED]	= st->tx_dropped;
-		link->l_stats[RTNL_LINK_MULTICAST]	= st->multicast;
-		link->l_stats[RTNL_LINK_COLLISIONS]	= st->collisions;
+		link->l_stats[RTNL_LINK_RX_PACKETS]	= st.rx_packets;
+		link->l_stats[RTNL_LINK_TX_PACKETS]	= st.tx_packets;
+		link->l_stats[RTNL_LINK_RX_BYTES]	= st.rx_bytes;
+		link->l_stats[RTNL_LINK_TX_BYTES]	= st.tx_bytes;
+		link->l_stats[RTNL_LINK_RX_ERRORS]	= st.rx_errors;
+		link->l_stats[RTNL_LINK_TX_ERRORS]	= st.tx_errors;
+		link->l_stats[RTNL_LINK_RX_DROPPED]	= st.rx_dropped;
+		link->l_stats[RTNL_LINK_TX_DROPPED]	= st.tx_dropped;
+		link->l_stats[RTNL_LINK_MULTICAST]	= st.multicast;
+		link->l_stats[RTNL_LINK_COLLISIONS]	= st.collisions;
 
-		link->l_stats[RTNL_LINK_RX_LEN_ERR]	= st->rx_length_errors;
-		link->l_stats[RTNL_LINK_RX_OVER_ERR]	= st->rx_over_errors;
-		link->l_stats[RTNL_LINK_RX_CRC_ERR]	= st->rx_crc_errors;
-		link->l_stats[RTNL_LINK_RX_FRAME_ERR]	= st->rx_frame_errors;
-		link->l_stats[RTNL_LINK_RX_FIFO_ERR]	= st->rx_fifo_errors;
-		link->l_stats[RTNL_LINK_RX_MISSED_ERR]	= st->rx_missed_errors;
+		link->l_stats[RTNL_LINK_RX_LEN_ERR]	= st.rx_length_errors;
+		link->l_stats[RTNL_LINK_RX_OVER_ERR]	= st.rx_over_errors;
+		link->l_stats[RTNL_LINK_RX_CRC_ERR]	= st.rx_crc_errors;
+		link->l_stats[RTNL_LINK_RX_FRAME_ERR]	= st.rx_frame_errors;
+		link->l_stats[RTNL_LINK_RX_FIFO_ERR]	= st.rx_fifo_errors;
+		link->l_stats[RTNL_LINK_RX_MISSED_ERR]	= st.rx_missed_errors;
 
-		link->l_stats[RTNL_LINK_TX_ABORT_ERR]	= st->tx_aborted_errors;
-		link->l_stats[RTNL_LINK_TX_CARRIER_ERR]	= st->tx_carrier_errors;
-		link->l_stats[RTNL_LINK_TX_FIFO_ERR]	= st->tx_fifo_errors;
-		link->l_stats[RTNL_LINK_TX_HBEAT_ERR]	= st->tx_heartbeat_errors;
-		link->l_stats[RTNL_LINK_TX_WIN_ERR]	= st->tx_window_errors;
+		link->l_stats[RTNL_LINK_TX_ABORT_ERR]	= st.tx_aborted_errors;
+		link->l_stats[RTNL_LINK_TX_CARRIER_ERR]	= st.tx_carrier_errors;
+		link->l_stats[RTNL_LINK_TX_FIFO_ERR]	= st.tx_fifo_errors;
+		link->l_stats[RTNL_LINK_TX_HBEAT_ERR]	= st.tx_heartbeat_errors;
+		link->l_stats[RTNL_LINK_TX_WIN_ERR]	= st.tx_window_errors;
 
-		link->l_stats[RTNL_LINK_RX_COMPRESSED]	= st->rx_compressed;
-		link->l_stats[RTNL_LINK_TX_COMPRESSED]	= st->tx_compressed;
+		link->l_stats[RTNL_LINK_RX_COMPRESSED]	= st.rx_compressed;
+		link->l_stats[RTNL_LINK_TX_COMPRESSED]	= st.tx_compressed;
 
 		link->ce_mask |= LINK_ATTR_STATS;
 	}
 
 	if (tb[IFLA_TXQLEN]) {