linux-kernel - [PATCH 3.18 118/121] ip6_tunnel: better validate user provided tunnel names

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Message-Id: <20180411183504.105080908@linuxfoundation.org>
Date:   Wed, 11 Apr 2018 20:37:01 +0200
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        stable@...r.kernel.org, Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
Subject: [PATCH 3.18 118/121] ip6_tunnel: better validate user provided tunnel names

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

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From: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>


[ Upstream commit db7a65e3ab78e5b1c4b17c0870ebee35a4ee3257 ]

Use valid_name() to make sure user does not provide illegal
device name.

Fixes: 1da177e4c3f4 ("Linux-2.6.12-rc2")
Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
---
 net/ipv6/ip6_tunnel.c |    7 +++++--
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

--- a/net/ipv6/ip6_tunnel.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/ip6_tunnel.c
@@ -307,10 +307,13 @@ static struct ip6_tnl *ip6_tnl_create(st
 	char name[IFNAMSIZ];
 	int err;
 
-	if (p->name[0])
+	if (p->name[0]) {
+		if (!dev_valid_name(p->name))
+			goto failed;
 		strlcpy(name, p->name, IFNAMSIZ);
-	else
+	} else {
 		sprintf(name, "ip6tnl%%d");
+	}
 
 	dev = alloc_netdev(sizeof(*t), name, NET_NAME_UNKNOWN,
 			   ip6_tnl_dev_setup);