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authorStephen Hemminger <shemminger@vyatta.com>2009-11-05 20:46:52 -0800
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2009-11-05 20:46:52 -0800
commit1056bd51674e529813213186471bb4ac6689a755 (patch)
tree9843cf9f4a07caadbf1d733de0b9d495554ab799 /net/bridge
parent22402529df88ec39a59b08a46bced73dd5722b64 (diff)
bridge: prevent bridging wrong device
The bridge code assumes ethernet addressing, so be more strict in the what is allowed. This showed up when GRE had a bug and was not using correct address format. Add some more comments for increased clarity. Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@vyatta.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Diffstat (limited to 'net/bridge')
-rw-r--r--net/bridge/br_if.c6
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/net/bridge/br_if.c b/net/bridge/br_if.c
index b1b3b0fbf41..4a9f5273265 100644
--- a/net/bridge/br_if.c
+++ b/net/bridge/br_if.c
@@ -377,12 +377,16 @@ int br_add_if(struct net_bridge *br, struct net_device *dev)
struct net_bridge_port *p;
int err = 0;
- if (dev->flags & IFF_LOOPBACK || dev->type != ARPHRD_ETHER)
+ /* Don't allow bridging non-ethernet like devices */
+ if ((dev->flags & IFF_LOOPBACK) ||
+ dev->type != ARPHRD_ETHER || dev->addr_len != ETH_ALEN)
return -EINVAL;
+ /* No bridging of bridges */
if (dev->netdev_ops->ndo_start_xmit == br_dev_xmit)
return -ELOOP;
+ /* Device is already being bridged */
if (dev->br_port != NULL)
return -EBUSY;