linux-kernel - [PATCH 3.18 71/92] net: Zero terminate ifr_name in dev

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Message-Id: <20170809202158.417845739@linuxfoundation.org>
Date:   Wed,  9 Aug 2017 13:37:39 -0700
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        stable@...r.kernel.org, "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
Subject: [PATCH 3.18 71/92] net: Zero terminate ifr_name in dev_ifname().

3.18-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

------------------

From: "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>


[ Upstream commit 63679112c536289826fec61c917621de95ba2ade ]

The ifr.ifr_name is passed around and assumed to be NULL terminated.

Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
---
 net/core/dev_ioctl.c |    1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

--- a/net/core/dev_ioctl.c
+++ b/net/core/dev_ioctl.c
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ static int dev_ifname(struct net *net, s
 
 	if (copy_from_user(&ifr, arg, sizeof(struct ifreq)))
 		return -EFAULT;
+	ifr.ifr_name[IFNAMSIZ-1] = 0;
 
 	error = netdev_get_name(net, ifr.ifr_name, ifr.ifr_ifindex);
 	if (error)