From f65d44ba4707f09ce1022aecbdc98a943d97c9a4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: gorhill <rhill@raymondhill.net>
Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2015 20:27:47 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] this fixes #840

---
 src/js/dynamic-net-filtering.js | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/js/dynamic-net-filtering.js b/src/js/dynamic-net-filtering.js
index 0da5f4755..312cb322c 100644
--- a/src/js/dynamic-net-filtering.js
+++ b/src/js/dynamic-net-filtering.js
@@ -521,6 +521,12 @@ Matrix.prototype.fromString = function(text, append) {
             continue;
         }
 
+        // https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/issues/840
+        // Discard invalid rules
+        if ( desHostname !== '*' && type !== '*' ) {
+            continue;
+        }
+
         action = nameToActionMap[fields[3]];
         if ( typeof action !== 'number' || action < 0 || action > 3 ) {
             continue;