SHELL := /bin/bash -o pipefail

# Version can be defined:
# (1) in a $VERSION shell variable, which takes precedence; or
# (2) in the VERSION file, in which we will append "-dev" to it
ifeq ($(VERSION),)
VERSION_FROM_FILE := $(shell cat VERSION)
ifeq ($(VERSION_FROM_FILE),)
$(error VERSION not detected. Make sure it's stored in the VERSION file or defined in VERSION variable)
endif
VERSION := $(VERSION_FROM_FILE)-dev
endif

index 8ba5eae..b620d21 100644
--- a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/if_index.c
+++ b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/if_index.c
@@ -38,12 +38,19 @@ __if_nametoindex (const char *ifname)
   return 0;
 #else
   struct ifreq ifr;
+  if (strlen (ifname) >= IFNAMSIZ)
+    {
+      __set_errno (ENODEV);
+      return 0;
+    }
+
+  strncpy (ifr.ifr_name, ifname, sizeof (ifr.ifr_name));
+
   int fd = __opensock ();