3 files changed, 12 insertions, 15 deletions

diff --git a/modutils/modprobe-small.c b/modutils/modprobe-small.c
index b7990bff1..dafe91ed7 100644
--- a/modutils/modprobe-small.c
+++ b/modutils/modprobe-small.c
@@ -149,9 +149,13 @@ static void replace(char *s, char what, char with)
 static char *filename2modname(const char *filename, char *modname)
 {
         int i;
-        char *from;
+        const char *from;
 
-        from = bb_get_last_path_component_nostrip(filename);
+        // Disabled since otherwise "modprobe dir/name" would work
+        // as if it is "modprobe name". It is unclear why
+        // 'basenamization' was here in the first place.
+        //from = bb_get_last_path_component_nostrip(filename);
+        from = filename;
         for (i = 0; i < (MODULE_NAME_LEN-1) && from[i] != '\0' && from[i] != '.'; i++)
                 modname[i] = (from[i] == '-') ? '_' : from[i];
         modname[i] = '\0';
diff --git a/modutils/modprobe.c b/modutils/modprobe.c
index f0904285b..f08f0850d 100644
--- a/modutils/modprobe.c
+++ b/modutils/modprobe.c
@@ -238,17 +238,6 @@ static void add_probe(const char *name)
 {
         struct module_entry *m;
 
-        /*
-         * get_or_add_modentry() strips path from name and works
-         * on remaining basename.
-         * This would make "rmmod dir/name" and "modprobe dir/name"
-         * to work like "rmmod name" and "modprobe name",
-         * which is wrong, and can be abused via implicit modprobing:
-         * "ifconfig /usbserial up" tries to modprobe netdev-/usbserial.
-         */
-        if (strchr(name, '/'))
-                bb_error_msg_and_die("malformed module name '%s'", name);
-
         m = get_or_add_modentry(name);
         if (!(option_mask32 & (OPT_REMOVE | OPT_SHOW_DEPS))
          && (m->flags & MODULE_FLAG_LOADED)
diff --git a/modutils/modutils.c b/modutils/modutils.c
index 6187ca72f..ff79d3fac 100644
--- a/modutils/modutils.c
+++ b/modutils/modutils.c
@@ -48,13 +48,17 @@ int FAST_FUNC string_to_llist(char *string, llist_t **llist, const char *delim)
 char* FAST_FUNC filename2modname(const char *filename, char *modname)
 {
         int i;
-        char *from;
+        const char *from;
 
         if (filename == NULL)
                 return NULL;
         if (modname == NULL)
                 modname = xmalloc(MODULE_NAME_LEN);
-        from = bb_get_last_path_component_nostrip(filename);
+        // Disabled since otherwise "modprobe dir/name" would work
+        // as if it is "modprobe name". It is unclear why
+        // 'basenamization' was here in the first place.
+        //from = bb_get_last_path_component_nostrip(filename);
+        from = filename;
         for (i = 0; i < (MODULE_NAME_LEN-1) && from[i] != '\0' && from[i] != '.'; i++)
                 modname[i] = (from[i] == '-') ? '_' : from[i];
         modname[i] = '\0';