diff -up iproute-2.6.23/iproute2-2.6.23/lib/utils.c.ee iproute-2.6.23/iproute2-2.6.23/lib/utils.c
--- iproute-2.6.23/iproute2-2.6.23/lib/utils.c.ee	2007-10-16 23:27:42.000000000 +0200
+++ iproute-2.6.23/iproute2-2.6.23/lib/utils.c	2007-10-31 09:26:20.000000000 +0100
@@ -503,8 +503,8 @@ char *resolve_address(const char *addr, 
 		len = 4;
 	}
 
-	hash = addr[len-1] ^ addr[len-2] ^ addr[len-3] ^ addr[len-4];
-
+	hash = (addr[len-1] ^ addr[len-2] ^ addr[len-3] ^ addr[len-4]) & 0xff;
+	
 	for (n = nht[hash]; n; n = n->next) {
 		if (n->addr.family == af &&
 		    n->addr.bytelen == len &&