netdev - [PATCH 4.11] genetlink: fix counting regression on ctrl

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Date:   Wed, 22 Mar 2017 16:08:33 +0100
From:   Stanislaw Gruszka <sgruszka@...hat.com>
To:     netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org,
        Stanislaw Gruszka <sgruszka@...hat.com>,
        Xose Vazquez Perez <xose.vazquez@...il.com>,
        Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@...inger.net>,
        Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net>
Subject: [PATCH 4.11] genetlink: fix counting regression on ctrl_dumpfamily()

Commit 2ae0f17df1cd ("genetlink: use idr to track families") replaced

	if (++n < fams_to_skip)
		continue;
into:

	if (n++ < fams_to_skip)
		continue;

This subtle change cause that on retry ctrl_dumpfamily() call we omit
one family that failed to do ctrl_fill_info() on previous call, because
cb->args[0] = n number counts also family that failed to do
ctrl_fill_info().

Patch fixes the problem and avoid confusion in the future just decrease
n counter when ctrl_fill_info() fail.

User visible problem caused by this bug is failure to get access to
some genetlink family i.e. nl80211. However problem is reproducible
only if number of registered genetlink families is big enough to
cause second call of ctrl_dumpfamily().

Cc: Xose Vazquez Perez <xose.vazquez@...il.com>
Cc: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@...inger.net>
Cc: Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net>
Fixes: 2ae0f17df1cd ("genetlink: use idr to track families")
Signed-off-by: Stanislaw Gruszka <sgruszka@...hat.com>
---
Dave, please also target this for 4.10+ -stable.

 net/netlink/genetlink.c |    4 +++-
 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/netlink/genetlink.c b/net/netlink/genetlink.c
index fb6e10f..92e0981 100644
--- a/net/netlink/genetlink.c
+++ b/net/netlink/genetlink.c
@@ -783,8 +783,10 @@ static int ctrl_dumpfamily(struct sk_buff *skb, struct netlink_callback *cb)
 
 		if (ctrl_fill_info(rt, NETLINK_CB(cb->skb).portid,
 				   cb->nlh->nlmsg_seq, NLM_F_MULTI,
-				   skb, CTRL_CMD_NEWFAMILY) < 0)
+				   skb, CTRL_CMD_NEWFAMILY) < 0) {
+			n--;
 			break;
+		}
 	}
 
 	cb->args[0] = n;
-- 
1.7.1