netdev - Re: [PATCH v2 net-next] rtnetlink: fix rtnl_fdb

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Date:   Thu, 4 Oct 2018 14:34:28 -0600
From:   David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>
To:     Mauricio Faria de Oliveira <mfo@...onical.com>,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     davem@...emloft.net
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 net-next] rtnetlink: fix rtnl_fdb_dump() for ndmsg
 header

On 10/1/18 7:46 PM, Mauricio Faria de Oliveira wrote:
> Currently, rtnl_fdb_dump() assumes the family header is 'struct ifinfomsg',
> which is not always true -- 'struct ndmsg' is used by iproute2 ('ip neigh').
> 
> The problem is, the function bails out early if nlmsg_parse() fails, which
> does occur for iproute2 usage of 'struct ndmsg' because the payload length
> is shorter than the family header alone (as 'struct ifinfomsg' is assumed).
> 
> This breaks backward compatibility with userspace -- nothing is sent back.
> 

...

> 
> Fixes: 0ff50e83b512 ("net: rtnetlink: bail out from rtnl_fdb_dump() on parse error")
> Fixes: 5e6d24358799 ("bridge: netlink dump interface at par with brctl")
> Reported-by: Aidan Obley <aobley@...otal.io>
> Signed-off-by: Mauricio Faria de Oliveira <mfo@...onical.com>
> 
> ---
>  v2: Change logic to check msg size for ndmsg with optional attribute.
>      Thanks: David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>
> 
>  net/core/rtnetlink.c | 29 ++++++++++++++++++++---------
>  1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
> 

Seems reasonable for 4.19 and back

Reviewed-by: David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>