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netlink: add a nla_nest_end_safe() helper
authorHangbin Liu <liuhangbin@gmail.com>
Wed, 8 Apr 2026 07:08:52 +0000 (15:08 +0800)
committerJakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
Sun, 12 Apr 2026 18:23:50 +0000 (11:23 -0700)
commit1346586a9ac96588eff586ca1893dd2e88b88510
treef99bc4b659d69e1abb88a937830ec4716a919ed3
parent594ba4477164af58c9703039b63b8b07a3a55f18
netlink: add a nla_nest_end_safe() helper

The nla_len field in struct nlattr is a __u16, which can only hold
values up to 65535. If a nested attribute grows beyond this limit,
nla_nest_end() silently truncates the length, producing a corrupted
netlink message with no indication of the problem.

Since nla_nest_end() is used everywhere and this issue rarely happens,
let's add a new helper to check the length.

Signed-off-by: Hangbin Liu <liuhangbin@gmail.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260408-b4-ynl_ethtool-v2-4-7623a5e8f70b@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
include/net/netlink.h