package nametransform import ( "fmt" "strings" ) // IsValidName checks if `name` is a valid name for a normal file // (does not contain null bytes or "/" etc...). func IsValidName(name string) error { if name == "" { return fmt.Errorf("empty input") } if len(name) > NameMax { return fmt.Errorf("too long") } // A name can never contain a null byte or "/". Make sure we never return those // to the kernel, even when we read a corrupted (or fuzzed) filesystem. if strings.Contains(name, "\000") || strings.Contains(name, "/") { return fmt.Errorf("contains forbidden bytes") } // The name should never be "." or "..". if name == "." || name == ".." { return fmt.Errorf(". and .. are forbidden names") } return nil }