From a4176a9391868bfa87705bcd2e3b49e9b9dd2996 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Matthew Thode Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2015 18:31:57 -0600 Subject: [PATCH] net: reject creation of netdev names with colons 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 Signed-off-by: David S. Miller --- 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 8f9710c62e20..962ee9d71964 100644 --- a/net/core/dev.c +++ b/net/core/dev.c @@ -946,7 +946,7 @@ bool dev_valid_name(const char *name) return false; while (*name) { - if (*name == '/' || isspace(*name)) + if (*name == '/' || *name == ':' || isspace(*name)) return false; name++; } -- 2.20.1