[NET] netdev: Check name length
Some improvements to robust name interface. These API's are safe
now by convention, but it is worth providing some safety checks
against future bugs.
Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index fc82f6f..14de297 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -640,6 +640,8 @@
{
if (*name == '\0')
return 0;
+ if (strlen(name) >= IFNAMSIZ)
+ return 0;
if (!strcmp(name, ".") || !strcmp(name, ".."))
return 0;
@@ -3191,13 +3193,15 @@
struct net_device *dev;
int alloc_size;
+ BUG_ON(strlen(name) >= sizeof(dev->name));
+
/* ensure 32-byte alignment of both the device and private area */
alloc_size = (sizeof(*dev) + NETDEV_ALIGN_CONST) & ~NETDEV_ALIGN_CONST;
alloc_size += sizeof_priv + NETDEV_ALIGN_CONST;
p = kzalloc(alloc_size, GFP_KERNEL);
if (!p) {
- printk(KERN_ERR "alloc_dev: Unable to allocate device.\n");
+ printk(KERN_ERR "alloc_netdev: Unable to allocate device.\n");
return NULL;
}