diff --git a/qubes/storage/domain.py b/qubes/storage/domain.py
index a84be882..e7fc33ca 100644
--- a/qubes/storage/domain.py
+++ b/qubes/storage/domain.py
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@
 #
 ''' Manages block devices in a domain '''
 
+import string
+
 from qubes.storage import Pool, Volume
 
 
@@ -41,25 +43,50 @@ class DomainPool(Pool):
         ''' Queries qubesdb and returns volumes for `self.vm` '''
 
         qdb = self.vm.qdb
+        safe_set = set(string.letters + string.digits + string.punctuation)
+        allowed_attributes = {'desc': string.printable,
+                              'mode': string.letters,
+                              'size': string.digits}
         if not self.vm.is_running():
             return []
         untrusted_qubes_devices = qdb.list('/qubes-block-devices/')
         # because we get each path 3 x times as
         # /qubes-block-devices/foo/{desc,mode,size} we need to merge this
-        untrusted_devices = {}
+        devices = {}
         for untrusted_device_path in untrusted_qubes_devices:
-            _, _, untrusted_name, untrusted_atr = untrusted_device_path.split(
-                '/', 4)
-            if untrusted_name not in untrusted_devices.keys():
-                untrusted_devices[untrusted_name] = {
-                    untrusted_atr: qdb.read(untrusted_device_path)
-                }
-            else:
-                untrusted_devices[untrusted_name][untrusted_atr] = qdb.read(
-                    untrusted_device_path)
+            if not all(c in safe_set for c in untrusted_device_path):
+                msg = ("%s vm's device path name contains unsafe characters. "
+                       "Skipping it.")
+                self.vm.log.warning(msg % self.vm.name)
+                continue
 
-        return [DomainVolume(untrusted_n, self.name, **untrusted_atrs)
-                for untrusted_n, untrusted_atrs in untrusted_devices.items()]
+            # name can be trusted because it was checked as a part of
+            # untrusted_device_path check above
+            _, _, name, untrusted_atr = untrusted_device_path.split('/', 4)
+
+            if untrusted_atr in allowed_attributes.keys():
+                atr = untrusted_atr
+            else:
+                msg = ('{!s} has an unknown qubes-block-device atr {!s} '
+                       'Skipping it')
+                self.vm.log.error(msg.format(self.vm.name, untrusted_atr))
+                continue
+
+            untrusted_value = qdb.read(untrusted_device_path)
+            allowed_characters = allowed_attributes[atr]
+            if all(c in allowed_characters for c in untrusted_value):
+                value = untrusted_value
+            else:
+                msg = ("{!s} vm's device path {!s} contains unsafe characters")
+                self.vm.log.error(msg.format(self.vm.name, atr))
+
+            if name not in devices.keys():
+                devices[name] = {}
+
+            devices[name][atr] = value
+
+        return [DomainVolume(n, self.name, **atrs)
+                for n, atrs in devices.items()]
 
     def clone(self, source, target):
         raise NotImplementedError