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Message-ID: <4676ee24-9c98-5ca7-3fe0-2793d46592c0@blackwall.org>
Date:   Thu, 29 Sep 2022 00:17:42 +0300
From:   Nikolay Aleksandrov <razor@...ckwall.org>
To:     Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, davem@...emloft.net
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, edumazet@...gle.com, pabeni@...hat.com,
        Florent Fourcot <florent.fourcot@...irst.fr>,
        Nicolas Dichtel <nicolas.dichtel@...nd.com>,
        Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net>,
        Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@...filter.org>,
        Florian Westphal <fw@...len.de>,
        Jamal Hadi Salim <jhs@...atatu.com>,
        Jacob Keller <jacob.e.keller@...el.com>,
        Guillaume Nault <gnault@...hat.com>,
        Hangbin Liu <liuhangbin@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] genetlink: reject use of nlmsg_flags for new commands

On 28/09/2022 21:35, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
> Commit 9c5d03d36251 ("genetlink: start to validate reserved header bytes")
> introduced extra validation for genetlink headers. We had to gate it
> to only apply to new commands, to maintain bug-wards compatibility.
> Use this opportunity (before the new checks make it to Linus's tree)
> to add more conditions.
> 
> Validate that Generic Netlink families do not use nlmsg_flags outside
> of the well-understood set.
> 
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20220928073709.1b93b74a@kernel.org/
> Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
> --
> CC: Florent Fourcot <florent.fourcot@...irst.fr>
> CC: Nikolay Aleksandrov <razor@...ckwall.org>
> CC: Nicolas Dichtel <nicolas.dichtel@...nd.com>
> CC: Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net>
> CC: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@...filter.org>
> CC: Florian Westphal <fw@...len.de>
> CC: Jamal Hadi Salim <jhs@...atatu.com>
> CC: Jacob Keller <jacob.e.keller@...el.com>
> CC: Guillaume Nault <gnault@...hat.com>
> CC: Hangbin Liu <liuhangbin@...il.com>
> ---
>  net/netlink/genetlink.c | 32 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
>  1 file changed, 31 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 

Thanks!
Acked-by: Nikolay Aleksandrov <razor@...ckwall.org>



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