Merge tag 'for_linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mst/vhost
[linux] / net / ipv6 / ip6_tunnel.c
index df4c29f..da66aaa 100644 (file)
@@ -297,13 +297,16 @@ static struct ip6_tnl *ip6_tnl_create(struct net *net, struct __ip6_tnl_parm *p)
        struct net_device *dev;
        struct ip6_tnl *t;
        char name[IFNAMSIZ];
-       int err = -ENOMEM;
+       int err = -E2BIG;
 
-       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, "ip6tnl%%d");
-
+       }
+       err = -ENOMEM;
        dev = alloc_netdev(sizeof(*t), name, NET_NAME_UNKNOWN,
                           ip6_tnl_dev_setup);
        if (!dev)