netdev - [PATCH net 7/7] netfilter: nft_socket: remove WARN_ON

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Message-Id: <20250807112948.1400523-8-pablo@netfilter.org>
Date: Thu,  7 Aug 2025 13:29:48 +0200
From: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@...filter.org>
To: netfilter-devel@...r.kernel.org
Cc: davem@...emloft.net,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	kuba@...nel.org,
	pabeni@...hat.com,
	edumazet@...gle.com,
	fw@...len.de,
	horms@...nel.org
Subject: [PATCH net 7/7] netfilter: nft_socket: remove WARN_ON_ONCE with huge level value

syzbot managed to reach this WARN_ON_ONCE by passing a huge level
value, remove it.

  WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 5853 at net/netfilter/nft_socket.c:220 nft_socket_init+0x2f4/0x3d0 net/netfilter/nft_socket.c:220

Reported-by: syzbot+a225fea35d7baf8dbdc3@...kaller.appspotmail.com
Acked-by: Florian Westphal <fw@...len.de>
Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@...filter.org>
---
 net/netfilter/nft_socket.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/net/netfilter/nft_socket.c b/net/netfilter/nft_socket.c
index 35d0409b0095..36affbb697c2 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nft_socket.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nft_socket.c
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ static int nft_socket_init(const struct nft_ctx *ctx,
 
 		level += err;
 		/* Implies a giant cgroup tree */
-		if (WARN_ON_ONCE(level > 255))
+		if (level > 255)
 			return -EOPNOTSUPP;
 
 		priv->level = level;
-- 
2.30.2