4.14-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know.
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From: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@xxxxxxxxxx>
[ Upstream commit 537b361fbcbcc3cd6fe2bb47069fd292b9256d16 ]
Use valid_name() to make sure user does not provide illegal
device name.
Fixes: ed1efb2aefbb ("ipv6: Add support for IPsec virtual tunnel interfaces")
Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Steffen Klassert <steffen.klassert@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
net/ipv6/ip6_vti.c | 7 +++++--
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
--- a/net/ipv6/ip6_vti.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/ip6_vti.c
@@ -212,10 +212,13 @@ static struct ip6_tnl *vti6_tnl_create(s
char name[IFNAMSIZ];
int err;
- 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, "ip6_vti%%d");
+ }
dev = alloc_netdev(sizeof(*t), name, NET_NAME_UNKNOWN, vti6_dev_setup);
if (!dev)