netdev - [PATCH net-next] netlink: revert broken, broken "2-clause nla

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Date:   Tue, 13 Dec 2016 22:30:15 +0300
From:   Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@...il.com>
To:     davem@...emloft.net
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, johannes@...solutions.net
Subject: [PATCH net-next] netlink: revert broken, broken "2-clause nla_ok()"

Commit 4f7df337fe79bba1e4c2d525525d63b5ba186bbd
"netlink: 2-clause nla_ok()" is BROKEN.

First clause tests if "->nla_len" could even be accessed at all,
it can not possibly be omitted.

Signed-off-by: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@...il.com>
---

 include/net/netlink.h |    3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- a/include/net/netlink.h
+++ b/include/net/netlink.h
@@ -698,7 +698,8 @@ static inline int nla_len(const struct nlattr *nla)
  */
 static inline int nla_ok(const struct nlattr *nla, int remaining)
 {
-	return nla->nla_len >= sizeof(*nla) &&
+	return remaining >= (int) sizeof(*nla) &&
+	       nla->nla_len >= sizeof(*nla) &&
 	       nla->nla_len <= remaining;
 }