[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3] ethdev: check for invalid device name

[Ali Alnubani]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: dev <dev-bounces at dpdk.org> On Behalf Of Stephen Hemminger
> Sent: Thursday, March 14, 2019 6:21 PM
> To: dev at dpdk.org
> Cc: Stephen Hemminger <stephen at networkplumber.org>
> Subject: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3] ethdev: check for invalid device name
> 
> 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>
> ---
> v3 -- fix whitespace issue
> 
>  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..cf69daaf3224 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

Acked-by: Ali Alnubani <alialnu at mellanox.com>