netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] rtnetlink: validate attributes in do

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Date:   Tue, 5 Jun 2018 09:42:54 -0700
From:   Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
To:     David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, edumazet@...gle.com
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, eric.dumazet@...il.com, dvyukov@...gle.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] rtnetlink: validate attributes in do_setlink()



On 06/05/2018 09:41 AM, David Miller wrote:
> From: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
> Date: Tue,  5 Jun 2018 09:25:19 -0700
> 
>> It seems that rtnl_group_changelink() can call do_setlink
>> while a prior call to validate_linkmsg(dev = NULL, ...) could
>> not validate IFLA_ADDRESS / IFLA_BROADCAST
>>
>> Make sure do_setlink() calls validate_linkmsg() instead
>> of letting its callers having this responsibility.
> 
> But now rtnl_newlink() will validate_linkmsg() twice....
> 

Yes, is it a problem ? That is hardly fast path :)