linux-kernel - [PATCH net-next 2/2] net: Use nlmsg

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Message-Id: <20250417-nlmsg_v3-v1-2-9b09d9d7e61d@debian.org>
Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2025 06:03:08 -0700
From: Breno Leitao <leitao@...ian.org>
To: "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, 
 Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>, Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, 
 Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>, Simon Horman <horms@...nel.org>, 
 kuniyu@...zon.com
Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, 
 Breno Leitao <leitao@...ian.org>, kernel-team@...a.com
Subject: [PATCH net-next 2/2] net: Use nlmsg_payload in rtnetlink file

Leverage the new nlmsg_payload() helper to avoid checking for message
size and then reading the nlmsg data.

Signed-off-by: Breno Leitao <leitao@...ian.org>
---
 net/core/rtnetlink.c | 25 ++++++++++++-------------
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/core/rtnetlink.c b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
index f5c018090efc3..3becb79a97c69 100644
--- a/net/core/rtnetlink.c
+++ b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
@@ -2390,12 +2390,12 @@ static int rtnl_valid_dump_ifinfo_req(const struct nlmsghdr *nlh,
 	if (strict_check) {
 		struct ifinfomsg *ifm;
 
-		if (nlh->nlmsg_len < nlmsg_msg_size(sizeof(*ifm))) {
+		ifm = nlmsg_payload(nlh, sizeof(*ifm));
+		if (!ifm) {
 			NL_SET_ERR_MSG(extack, "Invalid header for link dump");
 			return -EINVAL;
 		}
 
-		ifm = nlmsg_data(nlh);
 		if (ifm->__ifi_pad || ifm->ifi_type || ifm->ifi_flags ||
 		    ifm->ifi_change) {
 			NL_SET_ERR_MSG(extack, "Invalid values in header for link dump request");
@@ -4087,7 +4087,8 @@ static int rtnl_valid_getlink_req(struct sk_buff *skb,
 	struct ifinfomsg *ifm;
 	int i, err;
 
-	if (nlh->nlmsg_len < nlmsg_msg_size(sizeof(*ifm))) {
+	ifm = nlmsg_payload(nlh, sizeof(*ifm));
+	if (!ifm) {
 		NL_SET_ERR_MSG(extack, "Invalid header for get link");
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
@@ -4096,7 +4097,6 @@ static int rtnl_valid_getlink_req(struct sk_buff *skb,
 		return nlmsg_parse_deprecated(nlh, sizeof(*ifm), tb, IFLA_MAX,
 					      ifla_policy, extack);
 
-	ifm = nlmsg_data(nlh);
 	if (ifm->__ifi_pad || ifm->ifi_type || ifm->ifi_flags ||
 	    ifm->ifi_change) {
 		NL_SET_ERR_MSG(extack, "Invalid values in header for get link request");
@@ -5055,12 +5055,12 @@ static int valid_fdb_get_strict(const struct nlmsghdr *nlh,
 	struct ndmsg *ndm;
 	int err, i;
 
-	if (nlh->nlmsg_len < nlmsg_msg_size(sizeof(*ndm))) {
+	ndm = nlmsg_payload(nlh, sizeof(*ndm));
+	if (!ndm) {
 		NL_SET_ERR_MSG(extack, "Invalid header for fdb get request");
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
-	ndm = nlmsg_data(nlh);
 	if (ndm->ndm_pad1  || ndm->ndm_pad2  || ndm->ndm_state ||
 	    ndm->ndm_type) {
 		NL_SET_ERR_MSG(extack, "Invalid values in header for fdb get request");
@@ -5327,12 +5327,12 @@ static int valid_bridge_getlink_req(const struct nlmsghdr *nlh,
 	if (strict_check) {
 		struct ifinfomsg *ifm;
 
-		if (nlh->nlmsg_len < nlmsg_msg_size(sizeof(*ifm))) {
+		ifm = nlmsg_payload(nlh, sizeof(*ifm));
+		if (!ifm) {
 			NL_SET_ERR_MSG(extack, "Invalid header for bridge link dump");
 			return -EINVAL;
 		}
 
-		ifm = nlmsg_data(nlh);
 		if (ifm->__ifi_pad || ifm->ifi_type || ifm->ifi_flags ||
 		    ifm->ifi_change || ifm->ifi_index) {
 			NL_SET_ERR_MSG(extack, "Invalid values in header for bridge link dump request");
@@ -6224,7 +6224,8 @@ static int rtnl_valid_stats_req(const struct nlmsghdr *nlh, bool strict_check,
 {
 	struct if_stats_msg *ifsm;
 
-	if (nlh->nlmsg_len < nlmsg_msg_size(sizeof(*ifsm))) {
+	ifsm = nlmsg_payload(nlh, sizeof(*ifsm));
+	if (!ifsm) {
 		NL_SET_ERR_MSG(extack, "Invalid header for stats dump");
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
@@ -6232,8 +6233,6 @@ static int rtnl_valid_stats_req(const struct nlmsghdr *nlh, bool strict_check,
 	if (!strict_check)
 		return 0;
 
-	ifsm = nlmsg_data(nlh);
-
 	/* only requests using strict checks can pass data to influence
 	 * the dump. The legacy exception is filter_mask.
 	 */
@@ -6461,12 +6460,12 @@ static int rtnl_mdb_valid_dump_req(const struct nlmsghdr *nlh,
 {
 	struct br_port_msg *bpm;
 
-	if (nlh->nlmsg_len < nlmsg_msg_size(sizeof(*bpm))) {
+	bpm = nlmsg_payload(nlh, sizeof(*bpm));
+	if (!bpm) {
 		NL_SET_ERR_MSG(extack, "Invalid header for mdb dump request");
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
-	bpm = nlmsg_data(nlh);
 	if (bpm->ifindex) {
 		NL_SET_ERR_MSG(extack, "Filtering by device index is not supported for mdb dump request");
 		return -EINVAL;

-- 
2.47.1