From 09a89c219baf0f116387efc928e325cf23630f20 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jiri Bohac Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2014 18:20:13 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] bonding: disallow enslaving a bond to itself Enslaving a bond to itself leads to an endless loop and hangs the kernel. Signed-off-by: Jiri Bohac Tested-by: Ding Tianhong Signed-off-by: David S. Miller --- drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) diff --git a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c index b47fa04..e5628fc 100644 --- a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c +++ b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c @@ -1197,6 +1197,11 @@ int bond_enslave(struct net_device *bond_dev, struct net_device *slave_dev) return -EBUSY; } + if (bond_dev == slave_dev) { + pr_err("%s: cannot enslave bond to itself.\n", bond_dev->name); + return -EPERM; + } + /* vlan challenged mutual exclusion */ /* no need to lock since we're protected by rtnl_lock */ if (slave_dev->features & NETIF_F_VLAN_CHALLENGED) { -- 2.7.4