diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index 9b04a9fd1dfd0e065a7fe798dd840a07f0e0a4df..969462ebb296250fe5f3b7c4621e9ba9720a2dbe 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -1027,7 +1027,7 @@ bool dev_valid_name(const char *name)
 {
 	if (*name == '\0')
 		return false;
-	if (strlen(name) >= IFNAMSIZ)
+	if (strnlen(name, IFNAMSIZ) == IFNAMSIZ)
 		return false;
 	if (!strcmp(name, ".") || !strcmp(name, ".."))
 		return false;
diff --git a/net/ipv4/ip_tunnel.c b/net/ipv4/ip_tunnel.c
index de6d94482fe7ef6be52eeea3291849cfb9d961f9..6b0e362cc99b5d3510ea7aa8db68dcb5c8eb675c 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/ip_tunnel.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/ip_tunnel.c
@@ -253,13 +253,14 @@ static struct net_device *__ip_tunnel_create(struct net *net,
 	struct net_device *dev;
 	char name[IFNAMSIZ];
 
-	if (parms->name[0])
+	err = -E2BIG;
+	if (parms->name[0]) {
+		if (!dev_valid_name(parms->name))
+			goto failed;
 		strlcpy(name, parms->name, IFNAMSIZ);
-	else {
-		if (strlen(ops->kind) > (IFNAMSIZ - 3)) {
-			err = -E2BIG;
+	} else {
+		if (strlen(ops->kind) > (IFNAMSIZ - 3))
 			goto failed;
-		}
 		strlcpy(name, ops->kind, IFNAMSIZ);
 		strncat(name, "%d", 2);
 	}
diff --git a/net/ipv6/ip6_gre.c b/net/ipv6/ip6_gre.c
index f8a103bdbd603be103bf6c18ed6a55703aab18df..69727bc168cb027009dac95431e40b71291697da 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/ip6_gre.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/ip6_gre.c
@@ -335,11 +335,13 @@ static struct ip6_tnl *ip6gre_tunnel_locate(struct net *net,
 	if (t || !create)
 		return t;
 
-	if (parms->name[0])
+	if (parms->name[0]) {
+		if (!dev_valid_name(parms->name))
+			return NULL;
 		strlcpy(name, parms->name, IFNAMSIZ);
-	else
+	} else {
 		strcpy(name, "ip6gre%d");
-
+	}
 	dev = alloc_netdev(sizeof(*t), name, NET_NAME_UNKNOWN,
 			   ip6gre_tunnel_setup);
 	if (!dev)
diff --git a/net/ipv6/ip6_tunnel.c b/net/ipv6/ip6_tunnel.c
index df4c29f7d59f030729b1158b809a10f4115d4bbf..da66aaac51cecbf933827c8842e61a8cbb4d274f 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/ip6_tunnel.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/ip6_tunnel.c
@@ -297,13 +297,16 @@ static struct ip6_tnl *ip6_tnl_create(struct net *net, struct __ip6_tnl_parm *p)
 	struct net_device *dev;
 	struct ip6_tnl *t;
 	char name[IFNAMSIZ];
-	int err = -ENOMEM;
+	int err = -E2BIG;
 
-	if (p->name[0])
+	if (p->name[0]) {
+		if (!dev_valid_name(p->name))
+			goto failed;
 		strlcpy(name, p->name, IFNAMSIZ);
-	else
+	} else {
 		sprintf(name, "ip6tnl%%d");
-
+	}
+	err = -ENOMEM;
 	dev = alloc_netdev(sizeof(*t), name, NET_NAME_UNKNOWN,
 			   ip6_tnl_dev_setup);
 	if (!dev)
diff --git a/net/ipv6/ip6_vti.c b/net/ipv6/ip6_vti.c
index 6ebb2e8777f42054ca5ee8338aa560f5501d8262..c214ffec02f06f6dccfb9769fc8640e5e56da618 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/ip6_vti.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/ip6_vti.c
@@ -212,10 +212,13 @@ static struct ip6_tnl *vti6_tnl_create(struct net *net, struct __ip6_tnl_parm *p
 	char name[IFNAMSIZ];
 	int err;
 
-	if (p->name[0])
+	if (p->name[0]) {
+		if (!dev_valid_name(p->name))
+			goto failed;
 		strlcpy(name, p->name, IFNAMSIZ);
-	else
+	} else {
 		sprintf(name, "ip6_vti%%d");
+	}
 
 	dev = alloc_netdev(sizeof(*t), name, NET_NAME_UNKNOWN, vti6_dev_setup);
 	if (!dev)
diff --git a/net/ipv6/sit.c b/net/ipv6/sit.c
index 1522bcfd253fcc0a01a4daa0ebcfb8bf154ab5dc..2afce37a71776f5ebd44d20e2d064909cb91f8dd 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/sit.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/sit.c
@@ -250,11 +250,13 @@ static struct ip_tunnel *ipip6_tunnel_locate(struct net *net,
 	if (!create)
 		goto failed;
 
-	if (parms->name[0])
+	if (parms->name[0]) {
+		if (!dev_valid_name(parms->name))
+			goto failed;
 		strlcpy(name, parms->name, IFNAMSIZ);
-	else
+	} else {
 		strcpy(name, "sit%d");
-
+	}
 	dev = alloc_netdev(sizeof(*t), name, NET_NAME_UNKNOWN,
 			   ipip6_tunnel_setup);
 	if (!dev)