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-rw-r--r--include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h2
-rw-r--r--net/wireless/core.c3
2 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h b/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h
index 15daf5e2638d..9c3630146cec 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/nl80211.h
@@ -2698,6 +2698,8 @@ enum nl80211_attrs {
#define NL80211_ATTR_KEYS NL80211_ATTR_KEYS
#define NL80211_ATTR_FEATURE_FLAGS NL80211_ATTR_FEATURE_FLAGS
+#define NL80211_WIPHY_NAME_MAXLEN 128
+
#define NL80211_MAX_SUPP_RATES 32
#define NL80211_MAX_SUPP_HT_RATES 77
#define NL80211_MAX_SUPP_REG_RULES 64
diff --git a/net/wireless/core.c b/net/wireless/core.c
index a6f3cac8c640..c0fd8a85e7f7 100644
--- a/net/wireless/core.c
+++ b/net/wireless/core.c
@@ -95,6 +95,9 @@ static int cfg80211_dev_check_name(struct cfg80211_registered_device *rdev,
ASSERT_RTNL();
+ if (strlen(newname) > NL80211_WIPHY_NAME_MAXLEN)
+ return -EINVAL;
+
/* prohibit calling the thing phy%d when %d is not its number */
sscanf(newname, PHY_NAME "%d%n", &wiphy_idx, &taken);
if (taken == strlen(newname) && wiphy_idx != rdev->wiphy_idx) {