netdev - Re: [PATCH] NET: catch signed nla_len() retval in tcf_simp

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Date:	Thu, 17 Apr 2008 15:10:38 +0200
From:	Patrick McHardy <kaber@...sh.net>
To:	hadi@...erus.ca
CC:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, 12o3l@...cali.nl,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] NET: catch signed nla_len() retval in tcf_simp_init()

jamal wrote:
> On Thu, 2008-17-04 at 06:55 +0200, Patrick McHardy wrote:
> 
>> The change is also unnecessary because the attribute was
>> already validated and the length can not be less than zero.
> 
> Since act_simple is an academic example:
> I think that a better solution is to add TCA_DEF_DATA (which is a
> string) to the nla_policy. nla_policy is defined but at the moment it is
> not used in the call to nla_parse_nested() - might as well use it.

Basic validity checks are always performed. But I agree, better
to provide a good example.
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