1 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/b44.c b/drivers/net/b44.c
index 2eab2a88c7bf..15032f2c7817 100644
--- a/drivers/net/b44.c
+++ b/drivers/net/b44.c
@@ -1339,6 +1339,9 @@ static int b44_set_mac_addr(struct net_device *dev, void *p)
         if (netif_running(dev))
                 return -EBUSY;
 
+        if (!is_valid_ether_addr(addr->sa_data))
+                return -EINVAL;
+
         memcpy(dev->dev_addr, addr->sa_data, dev->addr_len);
 
         spin_lock_irq(&bp->lock);
@@ -1876,6 +1879,12 @@ static int __devinit b44_get_invariants(struct b44 *bp)
         bp->dev->dev_addr[3] = eeprom[80];
         bp->dev->dev_addr[4] = eeprom[83];
         bp->dev->dev_addr[5] = eeprom[82];
+
+        if (!is_valid_ether_addr(&bp->dev->dev_addr[0])){
+                printk(KERN_ERR PFX "Invalid MAC address found in EEPROM\n");
+                return -EINVAL;
+        }
+
         memcpy(bp->dev->perm_addr, bp->dev->dev_addr, bp->dev->addr_len);
 
         bp->phy_addr = eeprom[90] & 0x1f;