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-rw-r--r--net/ipv6/ip6_vti.c7
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/net/ipv6/ip6_vti.c b/net/ipv6/ip6_vti.c
index 6ebb2e8777f4..c214ffec02f0 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/ip6_vti.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/ip6_vti.c
@@ -212,10 +212,13 @@ static struct ip6_tnl *vti6_tnl_create(struct net *net, struct __ip6_tnl_parm *p
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, "ip6_vti%%d");
+ }
dev = alloc_netdev(sizeof(*t), name, NET_NAME_UNKNOWN, vti6_dev_setup);
if (!dev)