---

 libmultipath/alias.c |    8 ++++++++

 libmultipath/alias.h |    1 +

 multipath/main.c     |    7 ++++++-

 3 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

Index: multipath-tools-130222/libmultipath/alias.c

===================================================================

--- multipath-tools-130222.orig/libmultipath/alias.c

+++ multipath-tools-130222/libmultipath/alias.c

@@ -36,6 +36,14 @@

  * See the file COPYING included with this distribution for more details.

  */

+int

+valid_alias(char *alias)

+{

+	if (strchr(alias, '/') != NULL)

+		return 0;

+	return 1;

+}

+

 static int

 format_devname(char *name, int id, int len, char *prefix)

Index: multipath-tools-130222/libmultipath/alias.h

===================================================================

--- multipath-tools-130222.orig/libmultipath/alias.h

+++ multipath-tools-130222/libmultipath/alias.h

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@

 "# alias wwid\n" \

 "#\n"

+int valid_alias(char *alias);

 char *get_user_friendly_alias(char *wwid, char *file, char *prefix,

 			      int bindings_readonly);

 int get_user_friendly_wwid(char *alias, char *buff, char *file);

Index: multipath-tools-130222/multipath/main.c

===================================================================

--- multipath-tools-130222.orig/multipath/main.c

+++ multipath-tools-130222/multipath/main.c

@@ -454,8 +454,9 @@ get_dev_type(char *dev) {

 	}

 	else if (sscanf(dev, "%d:%d", &i, &i) == 2)

 		return DEV_DEVT;

-	else

+	else if (valid_alias(dev))

 		return DEV_DEVMAP;

+	return DEV_NONE;

 }

 int

@@ -607,6 +608,10 @@ main (int argc, char *argv[])

 		strncpy(conf->dev, argv[optind], FILE_NAME_SIZE);

 		conf->dev_type = get_dev_type(conf->dev);

+		if (conf->dev_type == DEV_NONE) {

+			condlog(0, "'%s' is not a valid argument\n", conf->dev);

+			goto out;

+		}

 	}

 	conf->daemon = 0;