3.18-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. ------------------ From: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@xxxxxxxxxx> [ 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 <edumazet@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- net/ipv6/ip6_tunnel.c | 7 +++++-- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) --- a/net/ipv6/ip6_tunnel.c +++ b/net/ipv6/ip6_tunnel.c @@ -307,10 +307,13 @@ static struct ip6_tnl *ip6_tnl_create(st 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, "ip6tnl%%d"); + } dev = alloc_netdev(sizeof(*t), name, NET_NAME_UNKNOWN, ip6_tnl_dev_setup);