4.4-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know.
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From: Eric Dumazet <eduma...@google.com>
[ Upstream commit db7a65e3ab78e5b1c4b17c0870ebee35a4ee3257 ]
Use valid_name() to make sure user does not provide illegal
device name.
Fixes: 1da177e4c3f4 ("Linux-2.6.12-rc2")
Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eduma...@google.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <da...@davemloft.net>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gre...@linuxfoundation.org>
---
net/ipv6/ip6_tunnel.c | 11 +++++++----
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
--- a/net/ipv6/ip6_tunnel.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/ip6_tunnel.c
@@ -286,13 +286,16 @@ static struct ip6_tnl *ip6_tnl_create(st
struct net_device *dev;
struct ip6_tnl *t;
char name[IFNAMSIZ];
- int err = -ENOMEM;
+ int err = -E2BIG;
- if (p->name[0])
+ if (p->name[0]) {
+ if (!dev_valid_name(p->name))
+ goto failed;
strlcpy(name, p->name, IFNAMSIZ);
- else
+ } else {
sprintf(name, "ip6tnl%%d");
-
+ }
+ err = -ENOMEM;
dev = alloc_netdev(sizeof(*t), name, NET_NAME_UNKNOWN,
ip6_tnl_dev_setup);
if (!dev)
