[PATCH 4.14 121/138] ip6_tunnel: better validate user provided tunnel names

[Greg Kroah-Hartman]

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

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From: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@xxxxxxxxxx>


[ 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@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
 net/ipv6/ip6_tunnel.c |   11 +++++++----
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

--- a/net/ipv6/ip6_tunnel.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/ip6_tunnel.c
@@ -297,13 +297,16 @@ static struct ip6_tnl *ip6_tnl_create(st
 	struct net_device *dev;
 	struct ip6_tnl *t;
 	char name[IFNAMSIZ];
-	int err = -ENOMEM;
+	int err = -E2BIG;
 
-	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");
-
+	}
+	err = -ENOMEM;
 	dev = alloc_netdev(sizeof(*t), name, NET_NAME_UNKNOWN,
 			   ip6_tnl_dev_setup);
 	if (!dev)