linux-kernel - [PATCH wireguard v4 01/10] wireguard: netlink: validate nested arrays in policy

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Message-ID: <20251126173546.57681-2-ast@fiberby.net>
Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2025 17:35:33 +0000
From: Asbjørn Sloth Tønnesen <ast@...erby.net>
To: "Jason A. Donenfeld" <Jason@...c4.com>
Cc: Asbjørn Sloth Tønnesen <ast@...erby.net>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
	Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
	Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
	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,
	Jordan Rife <jordan@...fe.io>
Subject: [PATCH wireguard v4 01/10] 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, so no fancy error messages.

With the nested attributes being validated directly in the policy, the
policy argument can be set to NULL in the calls to nla_parse_nested().

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 8adeec6f94404..97723f9c7998f 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