Subject: Re: [PATCH] colons are invalid characters in netdev names

From: Matthew Thode <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2015 19:33:25 -0600

On 02/17/2015 07:28 PM, Stephen Hemminger wrote:
> On Tue, 17 Feb 2015 17:15:42 -0600
> Matthew Thode <[email-masked]> wrote:
> 
>> colons are used as a separator in netdev device lookup in dev_ioctl.c
>>
>> Specific functions are SIOCGIFTXQLEN SIOCETHTOOL SIOCSIFNAME
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Matthew Thode <[email-masked]>
> 
> What is the exact sequence that causes the problem?
> SIOCSIFNAME already strips of colon.
> 
> 
It strips the name one access, not creation.  You can create a dummy
device and not access it, escaping doesn't seem to help.

ip link add name foo:asdasd type dummy
ip link del dev foo:asdasd              # will not be deleted

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Matthew Thode