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authorAllan Stephens <allan.stephens@windriver.com>2006-06-25 23:43:21 -0700
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2006-06-25 23:43:21 -0700
commit687a25f1cdfc6ee1f2f60f299dbd294908eb0d59 (patch)
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[TIPC]: Validate entire interface name when locating bearer to enable.
This fix prevents a bearer from being enabled using the wrong interface. For example, specifying "eth:eth14" might enable "eth:eth1" by mistake. Signed-off-by: Allan Stephens <allan.stephens@windriver.com> Signed-off-by: Per Liden <per.liden@ericsson.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'net')
-rw-r--r--net/tipc/eth_media.c5
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/net/tipc/eth_media.c b/net/tipc/eth_media.c
index 3ecb1006a42d..682da4a28041 100644
--- a/net/tipc/eth_media.c
+++ b/net/tipc/eth_media.c
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
* net/tipc/eth_media.c: Ethernet bearer support for TIPC
*
* Copyright (c) 2001-2006, Ericsson AB
- * Copyright (c) 2005, Wind River Systems
+ * Copyright (c) 2005-2006, Wind River Systems
* All rights reserved.
*
* Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
@@ -127,8 +127,7 @@ static int enable_bearer(struct tipc_bearer *tb_ptr)
/* Find device with specified name */
- while (dev && dev->name &&
- (memcmp(dev->name, driver_name, strlen(dev->name)))) {
+ while (dev && dev->name && strncmp(dev->name, driver_name, IFNAMSIZ)) {
dev = dev->next;
}
if (!dev)