From: Matthew Thode <mthode@xxxxxxxxxx> This patch has been added to the 3.18 stable tree. If you have any objections, please let us know. =============== [ Upstream commit a4176a9391868bfa87705bcd2e3b49e9b9dd2996 ] colons are used as a separator in netdev device lookup in dev_ioctl.c Specific functions are SIOCGIFTXQLEN SIOCETHTOOL SIOCSIFNAME Signed-off-by: Matthew Thode <mthode@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sasha.levin@xxxxxxxxxx> --- net/core/dev.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c index 9704a5c..5db3a3f 100644 --- a/net/core/dev.c +++ b/net/core/dev.c @@ -943,7 +943,7 @@ bool dev_valid_name(const char *name) return false; while (*name) { - if (*name == '/' || isspace(*name)) + if (*name == '/' || *name == ':' || isspace(*name)) return false; name++; } -- 2.1.0 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe stable" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html