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authorJun Gu <jun.gu@easystack.cn>2024-04-19 14:14:25 +0800
committerJakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>2024-04-22 17:34:02 -0700
commit2540088b836f9e208f7f722a67f9b168737036e8 (patch)
treec1dbb0abd92cd9cf4d7d5ef62cd2e9b84310454a /net/openvswitch
parent2557e2ec94fe32d743b30d8a4f6acbaefcba0621 (diff)
net: openvswitch: Check vport netdev name
Ensure that the provided netdev name is not one of its aliases to prevent unnecessary creation and destruction of the vport by ovs-vswitchd. Signed-off-by: Jun Gu <jun.gu@easystack.cn> Acked-by: Eelco Chaudron <echaudro@redhat.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240419061425.132723-1-jun.gu@easystack.cn Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'net/openvswitch')
-rw-r--r--net/openvswitch/vport-netdev.c5
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/net/openvswitch/vport-netdev.c b/net/openvswitch/vport-netdev.c
index 903537a5da22..618edc346c0f 100644
--- a/net/openvswitch/vport-netdev.c
+++ b/net/openvswitch/vport-netdev.c
@@ -78,7 +78,10 @@ struct vport *ovs_netdev_link(struct vport *vport, const char *name)
int err;
vport->dev = dev_get_by_name(ovs_dp_get_net(vport->dp), name);
- if (!vport->dev) {
+ /* Ensure that the device exists and that the provided
+ * name is not one of its aliases.
+ */
+ if (!vport->dev || strcmp(name, ovs_vport_name(vport))) {
err = -ENODEV;
goto error_free_vport;
}