From: Christoph Heiss <c.heiss@proxmox.com>
To: pve-devel@lists.proxmox.com
Subject: [pve-devel] [PATCH installer 2/6] common: pinning: make interface name checks stricter
Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2025 14:49:50 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20251113135023.1038305-3-c.heiss@proxmox.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20251113135023.1038305-1-c.heiss@proxmox.com>
According to our `pve-iface` schema, names must be at least two
characters long and start with a (latin) letter.
Reported-by: Stoiko Ivanov <s.ivanov@proxmox.com>
Signed-off-by: Christoph Heiss <c.heiss@proxmox.com>
---
proxmox-installer-common/src/lib.rs | 7 ++--
proxmox-installer-common/src/options.rs | 46 ++++++++++++++++++++-----
2 files changed, 42 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
diff --git a/proxmox-installer-common/src/lib.rs b/proxmox-installer-common/src/lib.rs
index a85d5f8..b380f1c 100644
--- a/proxmox-installer-common/src/lib.rs
+++ b/proxmox-installer-common/src/lib.rs
@@ -11,8 +11,11 @@ pub mod http;
pub mod cli;
pub mod net {
- /// Maximum length of the (primary) name of a network interface
- pub const MAX_IFNAME_LEN: usize = 15; // IFNAMSIZ - 1 to account for NUL byte
+ /// As dictated by the `pve-iface` schema.
+ pub const MIN_IFNAME_LEN: usize = 2;
+ /// Maximum length of the (primary) name of a network interface.
+ /// IFNAMSIZ - 1 to account for NUL byte
+ pub const MAX_IFNAME_LEN: usize = 15;
}
pub const RUNTIME_DIR: &str = "/run/proxmox-installer";
diff --git a/proxmox-installer-common/src/options.rs b/proxmox-installer-common/src/options.rs
index 0d72f54..a07fe58 100644
--- a/proxmox-installer-common/src/options.rs
+++ b/proxmox-installer-common/src/options.rs
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ use std::sync::OnceLock;
use std::{cmp, fmt};
use crate::disk_checks::check_raid_min_disks;
-use crate::net::MAX_IFNAME_LEN;
+use crate::net::{MAX_IFNAME_LEN, MIN_IFNAME_LEN};
use crate::setup::{LocaleInfo, NetworkInfo, RuntimeInfo, SetupInfo};
use crate::utils::{CidrAddress, Fqdn};
@@ -504,8 +504,10 @@ impl NetworkInterfacePinningOptions {
pub fn verify(&self) -> Result<()> {
let mut reverse_mapping = HashMap::<String, String>::new();
for (mac, name) in self.mapping.iter() {
- if name.is_empty() {
- bail!("interface name for '{mac}' cannot be empty");
+ if name.len() < MIN_IFNAME_LEN {
+ bail!(
+ "interface name for '{mac}' must be at least {MIN_IFNAME_LEN} characters long"
+ );
}
if name.len() > MAX_IFNAME_LEN {
@@ -522,9 +524,9 @@ impl NetworkInterfacePinningOptions {
}
// Mimicking the `pve-iface` schema verification
- if name.starts_with(|c: char| c.is_ascii_digit()) {
+ if !name.starts_with(|c: char| c.is_ascii_alphabetic()) {
bail!(
- "interface name '{name}' for '{mac}' is invalid: name must not start with a number"
+ "interface name '{name}' for '{mac}' is invalid: name must start with a letter"
);
}
@@ -943,7 +945,22 @@ mod tests {
assert!(res.is_err());
assert_eq!(
res.unwrap_err().to_string(),
- "interface name for 'ab:cd:ef:12:34:56' cannot be empty"
+ "interface name for 'ab:cd:ef:12:34:56' must be at least 2 characters long"
+ )
+ }
+
+ #[test]
+ fn network_interface_pinning_options_fail_on_too_short_name() {
+ let mut options = NetworkInterfacePinningOptions::default();
+ options
+ .mapping
+ .insert("ab:cd:ef:12:34:56".to_owned(), "a".to_owned());
+
+ let res = options.verify();
+ assert!(res.is_err());
+ assert_eq!(
+ res.unwrap_err().to_string(),
+ "interface name for 'ab:cd:ef:12:34:56' must be at least 2 characters long"
)
}
@@ -1000,7 +1017,7 @@ mod tests {
}
#[test]
- fn network_interface_pinning_options_fail_on_name_starting_with_number() {
+ fn network_interface_pinning_options_fail_on_nonletter_first_char() {
let mut options = NetworkInterfacePinningOptions::default();
options
.mapping
@@ -1010,8 +1027,19 @@ mod tests {
assert!(res.is_err());
assert_eq!(
res.unwrap_err().to_string(),
- "interface name '0nic' for 'ab:cd:ef:12:34:56' is invalid: name must not start with a number"
- )
+ "interface name '0nic' for 'ab:cd:ef:12:34:56' is invalid: name must start with a letter"
+ );
+
+ options
+ .mapping
+ .insert("ab:cd:ef:12:34:56".to_owned(), "_a".to_owned());
+
+ let res = options.verify();
+ assert!(res.is_err());
+ assert_eq!(
+ res.unwrap_err().to_string(),
+ "interface name '_a' for 'ab:cd:ef:12:34:56' is invalid: name must start with a letter"
+ );
}
#[test]
--
2.51.0
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Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-11-13 13:49 [pve-devel] [PATCH installer 0/6] interface name pinning followups Christoph Heiss
2025-11-13 13:49 ` [pve-devel] [PATCH installer 1/6] sys: net: pinning: make interface name checks stricter Christoph Heiss
2025-11-13 13:49 ` Christoph Heiss [this message]
2025-11-13 13:49 ` [pve-devel] [PATCH installer 3/6] test: validate-link-pin-map: give all tests a name Christoph Heiss
2025-11-13 13:49 ` [pve-devel] [PATCH installer 4/6] gui: network: only display pinnable devices in pinning options dialog Christoph Heiss
2025-11-13 13:49 ` [pve-devel] [PATCH installer 5/6] tui: " Christoph Heiss
2025-11-13 13:49 ` [pve-devel] [PATCH installer 6/6] tree-wide: run cargo fmt Christoph Heiss
2025-11-13 20:00 ` [pve-devel] applied: [PATCH installer 0/6] interface name pinning followups Thomas Lamprecht
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