netdev - [PATCH net] openvswitch: Fix unsafe attribute parsing in output

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Message-ID: <0bd65949df61591d9171c0dc13e42cea8941da10.1746541734.git.echaudro@redhat.com>
Date: Tue,  6 May 2025 16:28:54 +0200
From: Eelco Chaudron <echaudro@...hat.com>
To: netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc: dev@...nvswitch.org,
	aconole@...hat.com,
	echaudro@...hat.com,
	i.maximets@....org,
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Subject: [PATCH net] openvswitch: Fix unsafe attribute parsing in output_userspace()

This patch replaces the manual Netlink attribute iteration in
output_userspace() with nla_for_each_nested(), which ensures that only
well-formed attributes are processed.

Fixes: ccb1352e76cf ("net: Add Open vSwitch kernel components.")
Signed-off-by: Eelco Chaudron <echaudro@...hat.com>
---
 net/openvswitch/actions.c | 3 +--
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/openvswitch/actions.c b/net/openvswitch/actions.c
index 61fea7baae5d..2f22ca59586f 100644
--- a/net/openvswitch/actions.c
+++ b/net/openvswitch/actions.c
@@ -975,8 +975,7 @@ static int output_userspace(struct datapath *dp, struct sk_buff *skb,
 	upcall.cmd = OVS_PACKET_CMD_ACTION;
 	upcall.mru = OVS_CB(skb)->mru;
 
-	for (a = nla_data(attr), rem = nla_len(attr); rem > 0;
-	     a = nla_next(a, &rem)) {
+	nla_for_each_nested(a, attr, rem) {
 		switch (nla_type(a)) {
 		case OVS_USERSPACE_ATTR_USERDATA:
 			upcall.userdata = a;
-- 
2.47.1