Try something like this? From: Alasdair G Kergon <agk@xxxxxxxxxx> A device-mapper device must always have a name consisting of a non-empty string. If the device also has a uuid, this similarly must not be an empty string. The DM_DEV_CREATE_CMD ioctl enforces these rules when the device is created, but this patch is needed to enforce them when DM_DEV_RENAME_CMD is used to change the name or uuid. Signed-off-by: Alasdair G Kergon <agk@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Mike Snitzer <snitzer@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Mikulas Patocka <mpatocka@xxxxxxxxxx> Reported-by: Zdenek Kabelac <zkabelac@xxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/md/dm-ioctl.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) Index: linux/drivers/md/dm-ioctl.c =================================================================== --- linux.orig/drivers/md/dm-ioctl.c +++ linux/drivers/md/dm-ioctl.c @@ -877,7 +877,7 @@ static int dev_rename(struct dm_ioctl *p unsigned change_uuid = (param->flags & DM_UUID_FLAG) ? 1 : 0; if (new_data < param->data || - invalid_str(new_data, (void *) param + param_size) || + invalid_str(new_data, (void *) param + param_size) || !*new_data || strlen(new_data) > (change_uuid ? DM_UUID_LEN - 1 : DM_NAME_LEN - 1)) { DMWARN("Invalid new mapped device name or uuid string supplied."); return -EINVAL; -- dm-devel mailing list dm-devel@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/dm-devel