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authorJakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>2022-08-25 03:18:30 +0300
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2022-08-29 14:47:15 +0300
commit9c5d03d362519f36cd551aec596388f895c93d2d (patch)
tree5669b75a062436435dc9d4354c668d0f61b7146c /include
parent53a406803ca5b0b1f91beffacad4321fae4fa2a7 (diff)
downloadlinux-9c5d03d362519f36cd551aec596388f895c93d2d.tar.xz
genetlink: start to validate reserved header bytes
We had historically not checked that genlmsghdr.reserved is 0 on input which prevents us from using those precious bytes in the future. One use case would be to extend the cmd field, which is currently just 8 bits wide and 256 is not a lot of commands for some core families. To make sure that new families do the right thing by default put the onus of opting out of validation on existing families. Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org> Acked-by: Paul Moore <paul@paul-moore.com> (NetLabel) Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Diffstat (limited to 'include')
-rw-r--r--include/linux/genl_magic_func.h1
-rw-r--r--include/net/genetlink.h3
2 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/genl_magic_func.h b/include/linux/genl_magic_func.h
index 939b1a8f571b..4a4b387181ad 100644
--- a/include/linux/genl_magic_func.h
+++ b/include/linux/genl_magic_func.h
@@ -294,6 +294,7 @@ static struct genl_family ZZZ_genl_family __ro_after_init = {
.ops = ZZZ_genl_ops,
.n_ops = ARRAY_SIZE(ZZZ_genl_ops),
.mcgrps = ZZZ_genl_mcgrps,
+ .resv_start_op = 42, /* drbd is currently the only user */
.n_mcgrps = ARRAY_SIZE(ZZZ_genl_mcgrps),
.module = THIS_MODULE,
};
diff --git a/include/net/genetlink.h b/include/net/genetlink.h
index 56a50e1c51b9..a4827b5e1e07 100644
--- a/include/net/genetlink.h
+++ b/include/net/genetlink.h
@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@ struct genl_info;
* undo operations done by pre_doit, for example release locks
* @mcgrps: multicast groups used by this family
* @n_mcgrps: number of multicast groups
+ * @resv_start_op: first operation for which reserved fields of the header
+ * can be validated, new families should leave this field at zero
* @mcgrp_offset: starting number of multicast group IDs in this family
* (private)
* @ops: the operations supported by this family
@@ -58,6 +60,7 @@ struct genl_family {
u8 n_ops;
u8 n_small_ops;
u8 n_mcgrps;
+ u8 resv_start_op;
const struct nla_policy *policy;
int (*pre_doit)(const struct genl_ops *ops,
struct sk_buff *skb,