netdev - [PATCH] net: Zero terminate ifr_name in dev

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Date:   Wed, 19 Jul 2017 13:34:10 -0700 (PDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] net: Zero terminate ifr_name in dev_ifname().

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

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

diff --git a/net/core/dev_ioctl.c b/net/core/dev_ioctl.c
index 7657ad6bc13d..06b147d7d9e2 100644
--- a/net/core/dev_ioctl.c
+++ b/net/core/dev_ioctl.c
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ static int dev_ifname(struct net *net, struct ifreq __user *arg)

 	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)
-- 
2.13.3