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-rw-r--r--net/netlink/genetlink.c32
1 files changed, 31 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/net/netlink/genetlink.c b/net/netlink/genetlink.c
index 7c136de117eb..39b7c00e4cef 100644
--- a/net/netlink/genetlink.c
+++ b/net/netlink/genetlink.c
@@ -739,6 +739,36 @@ out:
return err;
}
+static int genl_header_check(const struct genl_family *family,
+ struct nlmsghdr *nlh, struct genlmsghdr *hdr,
+ struct netlink_ext_ack *extack)
+{
+ u16 flags;
+
+ /* Only for commands added after we started validating */
+ if (hdr->cmd < family->resv_start_op)
+ return 0;
+
+ if (hdr->reserved) {
+ NL_SET_ERR_MSG(extack, "genlmsghdr.reserved field is not 0");
+ return -EINVAL;
+ }
+
+ /* Old netlink flags have pretty loose semantics, allow only the flags
+ * consumed by the core where we can enforce the meaning.
+ */
+ flags = nlh->nlmsg_flags;
+ if ((flags & NLM_F_DUMP) == NLM_F_DUMP) /* DUMP is 2 bits */
+ flags &= ~NLM_F_DUMP;
+ if (flags & ~(NLM_F_REQUEST | NLM_F_ACK | NLM_F_ECHO)) {
+ NL_SET_ERR_MSG(extack,
+ "ambiguous or reserved bits set in nlmsg_flags");
+ return -EINVAL;
+ }
+
+ return 0;
+}
+
static int genl_family_rcv_msg(const struct genl_family *family,
struct sk_buff *skb,
struct nlmsghdr *nlh,
@@ -757,7 +787,7 @@ static int genl_family_rcv_msg(const struct genl_family *family,
if (nlh->nlmsg_len < nlmsg_msg_size(hdrlen))
return -EINVAL;
- if (hdr->cmd >= family->resv_start_op && hdr->reserved)
+ if (genl_header_check(family, nlh, hdr, extack))
return -EINVAL;
if (genl_get_cmd(hdr->cmd, family, &op))