Index: src/util.c
===================================================================
RCS file: /data/cvs/libvirt/src/util.c,v
retrieving revision 1.25
diff -u -r1.25 util.c
--- src/util.c	3 Mar 2008 20:39:52 -0000	1.25
+++ src/util.c	19 Mar 2008 06:29:15 -0000
@@ -688,6 +688,53 @@
     return (c > d ? 1 : c < d ? -1 : 0);
 }
 
+/**
+ * virParseMacAddr:
+ * @str: pointer to the char used
+ * @addr: MAC address
+ *
+ * Parse a MAC address
+ *
+ * Returns 0 or -1 in case of error.
+ */
+int
+virParseMacAddr(const char* str, unsigned char *addr)
+{
+    int i;
+
+    errno = 0;
+    for (i = 0; i < 6; i++) {
+        char *end_ptr;
+        unsigned long result;
+
+        /* This is solely to avoid accepting the leading
+         * space or "+" that strtoul would otherwise accept.
+         */
+        if (!isxdigit(*str))
+            break;
+
+        result = strtoul(str, &end_ptr, 16);
+
+        if ((end_ptr - str) < 1 || 2 < (end_ptr - str) ||
+            (errno != 0) ||
+            (0xFF < result))
+            break;
+
+        addr[i] = (unsigned char) result;
+
+        if (*end_ptr != ':') {
+            if (i == 5 && *end_ptr == '\0')
+                return 0;
+
+            break;
+        }
+
+        str = end_ptr + 1;
+    }
+
+    return -1;
+}
+
 /*
  * Local variables:
  *  indent-tabs-mode: nil
Index: src/util.h
===================================================================
RCS file: /data/cvs/libvirt/src/util.h,v
retrieving revision 1.13
diff -u -r1.13 util.h
--- src/util.h	27 Feb 2008 16:14:44 -0000	1.13
+++ src/util.h	19 Mar 2008 06:29:15 -0000
@@ -85,4 +85,6 @@
 void virSkipSpaces(const char **str);
 int virParseNumber(const char **str);
 
+int virParseMacAddr(const char* str, unsigned char *addr);
+
 #endif /* __VIR_UTIL_H__ */
Index: src/xml.c
===================================================================
RCS file: /data/cvs/libvirt/src/xml.c,v
retrieving revision 1.113
diff -u -r1.113 xml.c
--- src/xml.c	27 Feb 2008 04:35:08 -0000	1.113
+++ src/xml.c	19 Mar 2008 06:29:16 -0000
@@ -1233,22 +1233,8 @@
 
     virBufferAddLit(buf, "(vif ");
     if (mac != NULL) {
-        unsigned int addr[12];
-        int tmp = sscanf((const char *) mac,
-		     "%01x%01x:%01x%01x:%01x%01x:%01x%01x:%01x%01x:%01x%01x",
-                         (unsigned int *) &addr[0],
-                         (unsigned int *) &addr[1],
-                         (unsigned int *) &addr[2],
-                         (unsigned int *) &addr[3],
-                         (unsigned int *) &addr[4],
-                         (unsigned int *) &addr[5],
-                         (unsigned int *) &addr[6],
-                         (unsigned int *) &addr[7],
-                         (unsigned int *) &addr[8],
-                         (unsigned int *) &addr[9],
-                         (unsigned int *) &addr[10],
-                         (unsigned int *) &addr[11]);
-        if (tmp != 12 || strlen((const char *) mac) != 17) {
+        unsigned char addr[6];
+        if (virParseMacAddr((const char*) mac, addr) == -1) {
             virXMLError(conn, VIR_ERR_INVALID_MAC, (const char *) mac, 0);
             goto error;
         }