netdev - Re: [net-next PATCH] net: rtnetlink: Support alias interfaces with RTM

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:   Thu, 7 Feb 2019 13:27:28 +0100
From:   Phil Sutter <phil@....cc>
To:     David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [net-next PATCH] net: rtnetlink: Support alias interfaces with
 RTM_GETLINK

On Thu, Feb 07, 2019 at 11:24:38AM +0100, Phil Sutter wrote:
> Align interface name handling regarding alias interfaces in
> rtnl_getlink() with dev_ioctl() treating SIOCGIFINDEX ioctl calls. The
> latter function strips any colon suffix before doing the interface
> lookup, do the same for RTM_GETLINK requests.

After a second thought, I'll self-NACK this one: Given that netlink API
is completely unrelated to ioctl one, there is no inherent need to do
things the same way. Looking at RTM_NEWLINK handler, it seems possible
to create interface names containing a colon via netlink. Of course
those interfaces are not accessible via ioctl() then, but so are
secondary interface addresses which don't have a properly chosen label.

Sorry for the noise, Phil