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-rw-r--r--net/core/dev.c3
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index 4cedc7595f1f..cb3d95edf58d 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -1064,6 +1064,9 @@ static int __dev_alloc_name(struct net *net, const char *name, char *buf)
unsigned long *inuse;
struct net_device *d;
+ if (!dev_valid_name(name))
+ return -EINVAL;
+
p = strchr(name, '%');
if (p) {
/*