| Message ID | 1428357505-16444-1-git-send-email-kamal@canonical.com |
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diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c index ce649f2..7fb4317 100644 --- a/net/core/dev.c +++ b/net/core/dev.c @@ -936,7 +936,7 @@ bool dev_valid_name(const char *name) return false; while (*name) { - if (*name == '/' || isspace(*name)) + if (*name == '/' || *name == ':' || isspace(*name)) return false; name++; }
This is a note to let you know that I have just added a patch titled net: reject creation of netdev names with colons to the linux-3.13.y-queue branch of the 3.13.y-ckt extended stable tree which can be found at: http://kernel.ubuntu.com/git?p=ubuntu/linux.git;a=shortlog;h=refs/heads/linux-3.13.y-queue This patch is scheduled to be released in version 3.13.11-ckt19. If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to this tree, please reply to this email. For more information about the 3.13.y-ckt tree, see https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/Dev/ExtendedStable Thanks. -Kamal ------ From 8b876126906cd10b2f85c91fab9b3b0c2a74c526 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Matthew Thode <mthode@mthode.org> Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2015 18:31:57 -0600 Subject: net: reject creation of netdev names with colons [ 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@mthode.org> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> Signed-off-by: Kamal Mostafa <kamal@canonical.com> --- net/core/dev.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) -- 1.9.1