From 1056bd51674e529813213186471bb4ac6689a755 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Stephen Hemminger Date: Thu, 5 Nov 2009 20:46:52 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] 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 Signed-off-by: David S. Miller --- net/bridge/br_if.c | 6 +++++- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/net/bridge/br_if.c b/net/bridge/br_if.c index b1b3b0f..4a9f527 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; -- 2.7.4