linux-kernel - [PATCH net-next v2 01/11] wireguard: netlink: validate nested arrays in policy

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Message-ID: <20251031160539.1701943-2-ast@fiberby.net>
Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2025 16:05:27 +0000
From: Asbjørn Sloth Tønnesen <ast@...erby.net>
To: "Jason A. Donenfeld" <Jason@...c4.com>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
	Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
	Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>
Cc: Asbjørn Sloth Tønnesen <ast@...erby.net>,
	Donald Hunter <donald.hunter@...il.com>,
	Simon Horman <horms@...nel.org>,
	Jacob Keller <jacob.e.keller@...el.com>,
	Andrew Lunn <andrew+netdev@...n.ch>,
	wireguard@...ts.zx2c4.com,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH net-next v2 01/11] wireguard: netlink: validate nested arrays in policy

Use NLA_POLICY_NESTED_ARRAY() to perform nested array validation
in the policy validation step.

The nested policy was already enforced through nla_parse_nested(),
however extack wasn't passed previously.

Signed-off-by: Asbjørn Sloth Tønnesen <ast@...erby.net>
---
 drivers/net/wireguard/netlink.c | 10 ++++++----
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireguard/netlink.c b/drivers/net/wireguard/netlink.c
index 67f962eb8b46..e4416f23d427 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireguard/netlink.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireguard/netlink.c
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@
 #include <crypto/utils.h>
 
 static struct genl_family genl_family;
+static const struct nla_policy peer_policy[WGPEER_A_MAX + 1];
+static const struct nla_policy allowedip_policy[WGALLOWEDIP_A_MAX + 1];
 
 static const struct nla_policy device_policy[WGDEVICE_A_MAX + 1] = {
 	[WGDEVICE_A_IFINDEX]		= { .type = NLA_U32 },
@@ -27,7 +29,7 @@ static const struct nla_policy device_policy[WGDEVICE_A_MAX + 1] = {
 	[WGDEVICE_A_FLAGS]		= NLA_POLICY_MASK(NLA_U32, __WGDEVICE_F_ALL),
 	[WGDEVICE_A_LISTEN_PORT]	= { .type = NLA_U16 },
 	[WGDEVICE_A_FWMARK]		= { .type = NLA_U32 },
-	[WGDEVICE_A_PEERS]		= { .type = NLA_NESTED }
+	[WGDEVICE_A_PEERS]		= NLA_POLICY_NESTED_ARRAY(peer_policy),
 };
 
 static const struct nla_policy peer_policy[WGPEER_A_MAX + 1] = {
@@ -39,7 +41,7 @@ static const struct nla_policy peer_policy[WGPEER_A_MAX + 1] = {
 	[WGPEER_A_LAST_HANDSHAKE_TIME]			= NLA_POLICY_EXACT_LEN(sizeof(struct __kernel_timespec)),
 	[WGPEER_A_RX_BYTES]				= { .type = NLA_U64 },
 	[WGPEER_A_TX_BYTES]				= { .type = NLA_U64 },
-	[WGPEER_A_ALLOWEDIPS]				= { .type = NLA_NESTED },
+	[WGPEER_A_ALLOWEDIPS]				= NLA_POLICY_NESTED_ARRAY(allowedip_policy),
 	[WGPEER_A_PROTOCOL_VERSION]			= { .type = NLA_U32 }
 };
 
@@ -467,7 +469,7 @@ static int set_peer(struct wg_device *wg, struct nlattr **attrs)
 
 		nla_for_each_nested(attr, attrs[WGPEER_A_ALLOWEDIPS], rem) {
 			ret = nla_parse_nested(allowedip, WGALLOWEDIP_A_MAX,
-					       attr, allowedip_policy, NULL);
+					       attr, NULL, NULL);
 			if (ret < 0)
 				goto out;
 			ret = set_allowedip(peer, allowedip);
@@ -593,7 +595,7 @@ static int wg_set_device(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
 
 		nla_for_each_nested(attr, info->attrs[WGDEVICE_A_PEERS], rem) {
 			ret = nla_parse_nested(peer, WGPEER_A_MAX, attr,
-					       peer_policy, NULL);
+					       NULL, NULL);
 			if (ret < 0)
 				goto out;
 			ret = set_peer(wg, peer);
-- 
2.51.0