netdev - [PATCH net-next 3/8] s390/qeth: validate device-provided MAC address

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Date:   Thu, 27 Feb 2020 18:08:11 +0100
From:   Julian Wiedmann <jwi@...ux.ibm.com>
To:     David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:     netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-s390 <linux-s390@...r.kernel.org>,
        Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@...ibm.com>,
        Ursula Braun <ubraun@...ux.ibm.com>,
        Julian Wiedmann <jwi@...ux.ibm.com>
Subject: [PATCH net-next 3/8] s390/qeth: validate device-provided MAC address

It's good practice to not blindly trust what the HW offers.

Signed-off-by: Julian Wiedmann <jwi@...ux.ibm.com>
Reviewed-by: Alexandra Winter <wintera@...ux.ibm.com>
---
 drivers/s390/net/qeth_l3_main.c | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/s390/net/qeth_l3_main.c b/drivers/s390/net/qeth_l3_main.c
index 667a10d6495d..1000e18c1090 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/net/qeth_l3_main.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/net/qeth_l3_main.c
@@ -920,6 +920,8 @@ static int qeth_l3_iqd_read_initial_mac_cb(struct qeth_card *card,
 
 	if (cmd->hdr.return_code)
 		return -EIO;
+	if (!is_valid_ether_addr(cmd->data.create_destroy_addr.mac_addr))
+		return -EADDRNOTAVAIL;
 
 	ether_addr_copy(card->dev->dev_addr,
 			cmd->data.create_destroy_addr.mac_addr);
-- 
2.17.1