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-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 2117e5ba24c8..a6f74b2b9571 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;