[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2] ethdev: check for invalid device name
Stephen Hemminger
stephen at networkplumber.org
Thu Mar 14 17:17:30 CET 2019
Do not allow creating a ethernet device with a name over the
allowed maximum (or zero length). This is safer than silently truncating
which is what happens now.
Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <stephen at networkplumber.org>
Acked-by: Andrew Rybchenko <arybchenko at solarflare.com>
---
v2 - fix zero length name test
lib/librte_ethdev/rte_ethdev.c | 12 ++++++++++++
1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)
diff --git a/lib/librte_ethdev/rte_ethdev.c b/lib/librte_ethdev/rte_ethdev.c
index 85c1794968dd..b19df3061d54 100644
--- a/lib/librte_ethdev/rte_ethdev.c
+++ b/lib/librte_ethdev/rte_ethdev.c
@@ -438,6 +438,18 @@ rte_eth_dev_allocate(const char *name)
{
uint16_t port_id;
struct rte_eth_dev *eth_dev = NULL;
+ size_t name_len;
+
+ name_len = strnlen(name, RTE_ETH_NAME_MAX_LEN);
+ if (name_len == 0) {
+ RTE_ETHDEV_LOG(ERR, "Zero length Ethernet device name\n");
+ return NULL;
+ }
+
+ if (name_len >= RTE_ETH_NAME_MAX_LEN) {
+ RTE_ETHDEV_LOG(ERR, "Ethernet device name is too long\n");
+ return NULL;
+ }
rte_eth_dev_shared_data_prepare();
--
2.17.1
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