[U-Boot] [PATCH v2] net: Check network device driver name

Michal Simek monstr at monstr.eu
Tue Aug 30 11:30:13 CEST 2011


If name is longer than allocated space NAMESIZE
mac address is rewritten which show error
message like:

Error message:
Warning: Xlltemac.87000000 MAC addresses don't match:
Address in SROM is         30:00:00:00:00:00
Address in environment is  00:0a:35:00:6a:04

NAMESIZE contains Driver name + zero terminated character.

Signed-off-by: Michal Simek <monstr at monstr.eu>

---
v2: Apply Mike Frysinger version
---
 net/eth.c |    8 ++++++++
 1 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/eth.c b/net/eth.c
index a34fe59..c9b7e85 100644
--- a/net/eth.c
+++ b/net/eth.c
@@ -224,6 +224,14 @@ int eth_write_hwaddr(struct eth_device *dev, const char *base_name,
 int eth_register(struct eth_device *dev)
 {
 	struct eth_device *d;
+
+	size_t len = strlen(dev->name);
+	if (len >= NAMESIZE) {
+		printf("Network driver name is too long (%zu >= %zu): %s\n",
+						len, NAMESIZE, dev->name);
+		return -1;
+	}
+
 	if (!eth_devices) {
 		eth_current = eth_devices = dev;
 		eth_current_changed();
-- 
1.5.5.6



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