netdev - [iproute PATCH v3 4/5] tc/tc_filter: Make sure filter name is not empty

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Date:   Mon, 21 Aug 2017 12:03:07 +0200
From:   Phil Sutter <phil@....cc>
To:     Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [iproute PATCH v3 4/5] tc/tc_filter: Make sure filter name is not empty

The later check for 'k[0] != 0' requires a non-empty filter name,
otherwise NULL pointer dereference in 'q' might happen.

Signed-off-by: Phil Sutter <phil@....cc>
---
Changes since v2:
- Instead of calling strlen(), just make sure **argv is not 0.
---
 tc/tc_filter.c | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/tc/tc_filter.c b/tc/tc_filter.c
index b13fb9185d4fd..cf290ae8e252c 100644
--- a/tc/tc_filter.c
+++ b/tc/tc_filter.c
@@ -412,6 +412,9 @@ static int tc_filter_get(int cmd, unsigned int flags, int argc, char **argv)
 			usage();
 			return 0;
 		} else {
+			if (!**argv)
+				invarg("invalid filter name", *argv);
+
 			strncpy(k, *argv, sizeof(k)-1);
 
 			q = get_filter_kind(k);
-- 
2.13.1