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* [PATCH v1] net/ethtool/tunnels: check the return value of nla_nest_start()
@ 2022-09-17  2:26 Li Zhong
  2022-09-20 18:37 ` Jakub Kicinski
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 5+ messages in thread
From: Li Zhong @ 2022-09-17  2:26 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: linux-kernel, netdev; +Cc: pabeni, kuba, edumazet, davem, Li Zhong

Check the return value of nla_nest_start(), which could be NULL on
error.

Signed-off-by: Li Zhong <floridsleeves@gmail.com>
---
 net/ethtool/tunnels.c | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/net/ethtool/tunnels.c b/net/ethtool/tunnels.c
index efde33536687..90974b625cf6 100644
--- a/net/ethtool/tunnels.c
+++ b/net/ethtool/tunnels.c
@@ -136,6 +136,8 @@ ethnl_tunnel_info_fill_reply(const struct ethnl_req_info *req_base,
 			goto err_cancel_table;
 
 		entry = nla_nest_start(skb, ETHTOOL_A_TUNNEL_UDP_TABLE_ENTRY);
+		if (!entry)
+			return -EMSGSIZE;
 
 		if (nla_put_be16(skb, ETHTOOL_A_TUNNEL_UDP_ENTRY_PORT,
 				 htons(IANA_VXLAN_UDP_PORT)) ||
-- 
2.25.1


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* Re: [PATCH v1] net/ethtool/tunnels: check the return value of nla_nest_start()
  2022-09-17  2:26 [PATCH v1] net/ethtool/tunnels: check the return value of nla_nest_start() Li Zhong
@ 2022-09-20 18:37 ` Jakub Kicinski
  2022-09-20 19:31   ` Li Zhong
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 5+ messages in thread
From: Jakub Kicinski @ 2022-09-20 18:37 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Li Zhong; +Cc: linux-kernel, netdev, pabeni, edumazet, davem

On Fri, 16 Sep 2022 19:26:02 -0700 Li Zhong wrote:
>  			goto err_cancel_table;
>  
>  		entry = nla_nest_start(skb, ETHTOOL_A_TUNNEL_UDP_TABLE_ENTRY);
> +		if (!entry)
> +			return -EMSGSIZE;

not even correct, and completely harmless

^ permalink raw reply	[flat|nested] 5+ messages in thread

* Re: [PATCH v1] net/ethtool/tunnels: check the return value of nla_nest_start()
  2022-09-20 18:37 ` Jakub Kicinski
@ 2022-09-20 19:31   ` Li Zhong
  2022-09-20 19:41     ` Jakub Kicinski
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 5+ messages in thread
From: Li Zhong @ 2022-09-20 19:31 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Jakub Kicinski; +Cc: linux-kernel, netdev, pabeni, edumazet, davem

On Tue, Sep 20, 2022 at 11:37 AM Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org> wrote:
>
> On Fri, 16 Sep 2022 19:26:02 -0700 Li Zhong wrote:
> >                       goto err_cancel_table;
> >
> >               entry = nla_nest_start(skb, ETHTOOL_A_TUNNEL_UDP_TABLE_ENTRY);
> > +             if (!entry)
> > +                     return -EMSGSIZE;
>
> not even correct, and completely harmless

Thanks for your reply. Maybe a more suitable way of error handling is 'goto
err_cancel_table;'?

^ permalink raw reply	[flat|nested] 5+ messages in thread

* Re: [PATCH v1] net/ethtool/tunnels: check the return value of nla_nest_start()
  2022-09-20 19:31   ` Li Zhong
@ 2022-09-20 19:41     ` Jakub Kicinski
  2022-09-21  8:31       ` Li Zhong
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 5+ messages in thread
From: Jakub Kicinski @ 2022-09-20 19:41 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Li Zhong; +Cc: linux-kernel, netdev, pabeni, edumazet, davem

On Tue, 20 Sep 2022 12:31:29 -0700 Li Zhong wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 20, 2022 at 11:37 AM Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org> wrote:
> > On Fri, 16 Sep 2022 19:26:02 -0700 Li Zhong wrote:  
> > >                       goto err_cancel_table;
> > >
> > >               entry = nla_nest_start(skb, ETHTOOL_A_TUNNEL_UDP_TABLE_ENTRY);
> > > +             if (!entry)
> > > +                     return -EMSGSIZE;  
> >
> > not even correct, and completely harmless  
> 
> Thanks for your reply. Maybe a more suitable way of error handling is 'goto
> err_cancel_table;'?

Yes, but you _most_ provide the detailed analysis of the impact 
in the commit message for the patches to be considered for merging.

^ permalink raw reply	[flat|nested] 5+ messages in thread

* Re: [PATCH v1] net/ethtool/tunnels: check the return value of nla_nest_start()
  2022-09-20 19:41     ` Jakub Kicinski
@ 2022-09-21  8:31       ` Li Zhong
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 5+ messages in thread
From: Li Zhong @ 2022-09-21  8:31 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Jakub Kicinski; +Cc: linux-kernel, netdev, pabeni, edumazet, davem

On Tue, Sep 20, 2022 at 12:41 PM Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org> wrote:
>
> On Tue, 20 Sep 2022 12:31:29 -0700 Li Zhong wrote:
> > On Tue, Sep 20, 2022 at 11:37 AM Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org> wrote:
> > > On Fri, 16 Sep 2022 19:26:02 -0700 Li Zhong wrote:
> > > >                       goto err_cancel_table;
> > > >
> > > >               entry = nla_nest_start(skb, ETHTOOL_A_TUNNEL_UDP_TABLE_ENTRY);
> > > > +             if (!entry)
> > > > +                     return -EMSGSIZE;
> > >
> > > not even correct, and completely harmless
> >
> > Thanks for your reply. Maybe a more suitable way of error handling is 'goto
> > err_cancel_table;'?
>
> Yes, but you _most_ provide the detailed analysis of the impact
> in the commit message for the patches to be considered for merging.

Thanks for the suggestion. The commit message is updated with more details.

^ permalink raw reply	[flat|nested] 5+ messages in thread

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