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Diffstat (limited to 'net/core/dev.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | net/core/dev.c | 19 |
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c index 9fe96cd..d4a1ec3 100644 --- a/net/core/dev.c +++ b/net/core/dev.c @@ -116,6 +116,7 @@ #include <linux/audit.h> #include <linux/dmaengine.h> #include <linux/err.h> +#include <linux/ctype.h> /* * The list of packet types we will receive (as opposed to discard) @@ -632,14 +633,22 @@ struct net_device * dev_get_by_flags(unsigned short if_flags, unsigned short mas * @name: name string * * Network device names need to be valid file names to - * to allow sysfs to work + * to allow sysfs to work. We also disallow any kind of + * whitespace. */ int dev_valid_name(const char *name) { - return !(*name == '\0' - || !strcmp(name, ".") - || !strcmp(name, "..") - || strchr(name, '/')); + if (*name == '\0') + return 0; + if (!strcmp(name, ".") || !strcmp(name, "..")) + return 0; + + while (*name) { + if (*name == '/' || isspace(*name)) + return 0; + name++; + } + return 1; } /** |
