netdev - Re: [PATCH net] rtnetlink: ndo_dflt_fdb_dump() only work for ARPHRD

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Date:   Tue, 04 Dec 2018 20:29:05 -0800 (PST)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     edumazet@...gle.com
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, eric.dumazet@...il.com,
        john.fastabend@...il.com, idosch@...lanox.com, dsahern@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] rtnetlink: ndo_dflt_fdb_dump() only work for
 ARPHRD_ETHER devices

From: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
Date: Tue,  4 Dec 2018 09:40:35 -0800

> kmsan was able to trigger a kernel-infoleak using a gre device [1]
> 
> nlmsg_populate_fdb_fill() has a hard coded assumption
> that dev->addr_len is ETH_ALEN, as normally guaranteed
> for ARPHRD_ETHER devices.
> 
> A similar issue was fixed recently in commit da71577545a5
> ("rtnetlink: Disallow FDB configuration for non-Ethernet device")
 ...
> Fixes: d83b06036048 ("net: add fdb generic dump routine")
> Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>

Applied and queued up for -stable, thanks Eric.