netdev - Re: [PATCH v2 0/5] strict netlink validation

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Date:   Fri, 26 Apr 2019 20:28:20 -0600
From:   David Ahern <dsa@...ulusnetworks.com>
To:     Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@...filter.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 0/5] strict netlink validation

On 4/26/19 6:07 AM, Johannes Berg wrote:
> Here's a respin, with the following changes:
>  * change message when rejecting unknown attribute types (David Ahern)
>  * drop nl80211 patch - I'll apply it separately
>  * remove NL_VALIDATE_POLICY - we have a lot of calls to nla_parse()
>    that really should be without a policy as it has previously been
>    validated - need to find a good way to handle this later
>  * include the correct generic netlink change (d'oh, sorry)
> 
> johannes
> 
> 

I agree with this set and will help moving forward. As I recall it
requires follow up patches for each policy to set strict_start_type
opting in to the strict checking. With that in place new userspace on
old kernels will get a failure trying to configure a feature the old
kernel does not recognize.

For the series:
Acked-by: David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>