1 files changed, 8 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/networking/udhcp/leases.c b/networking/udhcp/leases.c
index 745340ad3..844bb60b1 100644
--- a/networking/udhcp/leases.c
+++ b/networking/udhcp/leases.c
@@ -65,10 +65,15 @@ struct dyn_lease* FAST_FUNC add_lease(
                         if (hostname_len > sizeof(oldest->hostname))
                                 hostname_len = sizeof(oldest->hostname);
                         p = safe_strncpy(oldest->hostname, hostname, hostname_len);
-                        /* sanitization (s/non-ASCII/^/g) */
+                        /*
+                         * Sanitization (s/bad_char/./g).
+                         * The intent is not to allow only "DNS-valid" hostnames,
+                         * but merely make dumpleases output safe for shells to use.
+                         * We accept "0-9A-Za-z._-", all other chars turn to dots.
+                         */
                         while (*p) {
-                                if (*p < ' ' || *p > 126)
-                                        *p = '^';
+                                if (!isalnum(*p) && *p != '-' && *p != '_')
+                                        *p = '.';
                                 p++;
                         }
                 }