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-rw-r--r--net/core/dev.c6
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index fc82f6f6e1c1..14de297d024d 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -640,6 +640,8 @@ int dev_valid_name(const char *name)
{
if (*name == '\0')
return 0;
+ if (strlen(name) >= IFNAMSIZ)
+ return 0;
if (!strcmp(name, ".") || !strcmp(name, ".."))
return 0;
@@ -3191,13 +3193,15 @@ struct net_device *alloc_netdev(int sizeof_priv, const char *name,
struct net_device *dev;
int alloc_size;
+ BUG_ON(strlen(name) >= sizeof(dev->name));
+
/* ensure 32-byte alignment of both the device and private area */
alloc_size = (sizeof(*dev) + NETDEV_ALIGN_CONST) & ~NETDEV_ALIGN_CONST;
alloc_size += sizeof_priv + NETDEV_ALIGN_CONST;
p = kzalloc(alloc_size, GFP_KERNEL);
if (!p) {
- printk(KERN_ERR "alloc_dev: Unable to allocate device.\n");
+ printk(KERN_ERR "alloc_netdev: Unable to allocate device.\n");
return NULL;
}
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