netdev - [PATCH net-next v2 11/13] macsec: validate IFLA_MACSEC_VALIDATION with NLA_POLICY

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Message-ID: <629efe0b2150b30abc6472074018cbd521b46578.1756202772.git.sd@queasysnail.net>
Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2025 15:16:29 +0200
From: Sabrina Dubroca <sd@...asysnail.net>
To: netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc: Sabrina Dubroca <sd@...asysnail.net>
Subject: [PATCH net-next v2 11/13] macsec: validate IFLA_MACSEC_VALIDATION with NLA_POLICY_MAX

Signed-off-by: Sabrina Dubroca <sd@...asysnail.net>
---
 drivers/net/macsec.c | 6 +-----
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/macsec.c b/drivers/net/macsec.c
index 5680e4b78dda..dc17b91dce2d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/macsec.c
+++ b/drivers/net/macsec.c
@@ -3772,7 +3772,7 @@ static const struct nla_policy macsec_rtnl_policy[IFLA_MACSEC_MAX + 1] = {
 	[IFLA_MACSEC_ES] = { .type = NLA_U8 },
 	[IFLA_MACSEC_SCB] = { .type = NLA_U8 },
 	[IFLA_MACSEC_REPLAY_PROTECT] = { .type = NLA_U8 },
-	[IFLA_MACSEC_VALIDATION] = { .type = NLA_U8 },
+	[IFLA_MACSEC_VALIDATION] = NLA_POLICY_MAX(NLA_U8, MACSEC_VALIDATE_MAX),
 	[IFLA_MACSEC_OFFLOAD] = NLA_POLICY_MAX(NLA_U8, MACSEC_OFFLOAD_MAX),
 };
 
@@ -4288,10 +4288,6 @@ static int macsec_validate_attr(struct nlattr *tb[], struct nlattr *data[],
 	if ((sci && (scb || es)) || (scb && es))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	if (data[IFLA_MACSEC_VALIDATION] &&
-	    nla_get_u8(data[IFLA_MACSEC_VALIDATION]) > MACSEC_VALIDATE_MAX)
-		return -EINVAL;
-
 	if ((data[IFLA_MACSEC_REPLAY_PROTECT] &&
 	     nla_get_u8(data[IFLA_MACSEC_REPLAY_PROTECT])) &&
 	    !data[IFLA_MACSEC_WINDOW])
-- 
2.50.0