[PATCH 4.14 117/138] net: fool proof dev_valid_name()

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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 a9d48205d0aedda021fc3728972a9e9934c2b9de ]

We want to use dev_valid_name() to validate tunnel names,
so better use strnlen(name, IFNAMSIZ) than strlen(name) to make
sure to not upset KASAN.

Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
 net/core/dev.c |    2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -1025,7 +1025,7 @@ bool dev_valid_name(const char *name)
 {
 	if (*name == '\0')
 		return false;
-	if (strlen(name) >= IFNAMSIZ)
+	if (strnlen(name, IFNAMSIZ) == IFNAMSIZ)
 		return false;
 	if (!strcmp(name, ".") || !strcmp(name, ".."))
 		return false;





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