kernel/linux.git/net/core/rtnetlink.c, branch v7.1-rc5

net: bridge: prevent too big nested attributes in br_fill_linkxstats()

2026-05-21T15:47:36+00:00

After commit ff205bf8c554 ("netlink: add one debug check in nla_nest_end()") syzbot found that br_fill_linkxstats() can send corrupted netlink packets. Make sure the nested attribute size is bounded. Fixes: a60c090361ea ("bridge: netlink: export per-vlan stats") Reported-by: syzbot+a35f9259d08f907c06e6@syzkaller.appspotmail.com Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/6a0b0da3.050a0220.175f0c.0000.GAE@google.com/ Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet Reviewed-by: Ido Schimmel Acked-by: Nikolay Aleksandrov Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260520114207.1394241-1-edumazet@google.com Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski

net: rtnetlink: zero ifla_vf_broadcast to avoid stack infoleak in rtnl_fill_vfinfo

2026-05-02T00:04:28+00:00

rtnl_fill_vfinfo() declares struct ifla_vf_broadcast on the stack without initialisation: struct ifla_vf_broadcast vf_broadcast; The struct contains a single fixed 32-byte field: /* include/uapi/linux/if_link.h */ struct ifla_vf_broadcast { __u8 broadcast[32]; }; The function then copies dev->broadcast into it using dev->addr_len as the length: memcpy(vf_broadcast.broadcast, dev->broadcast, dev->addr_len); On Ethernet devices (the overwhelming majority of SR-IOV NICs) dev->addr_len is 6, so only the first 6 bytes of broadcast[] are written. The remaining 26 bytes retain whatever was previously on the kernel stack. The full struct is then handed to userspace via: nla_put(skb, IFLA_VF_BROADCAST, sizeof(vf_broadcast), &vf_broadcast) leaking up to 26 bytes of uninitialised kernel stack per VF per RTM_GETLINK request, repeatable. The other vf_* structs in the same function are explicitly zeroed for exactly this reason - see the memset() calls for ivi, vf_vlan_info, node_guid and port_guid a few lines above. vf_broadcast was simply missed when it was added. Reachability: any unprivileged local process can open AF_NETLINK / NETLINK_ROUTE without capabilities and send RTM_GETLINK with an IFLA_EXT_MASK attribute carrying RTEXT_FILTER_VF. The kernel walks each VF and emits IFLA_VF_BROADCAST, leaking 26 bytes of stack per VF per request. Stack residue at this call site can include return addresses and transient sensitive data; KASAN with stack instrumentation, or KMSAN, will flag the nla_put() when reproduced. Zero the on-stack struct before the partial memcpy, matching the existing pattern used for the other vf_* structs in the same function. Fixes: 75345f888f70 ("ipoib: show VF broadcast address") Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Kai Zen Link: https://patch.msgid.link/3c506e8f936e52b57620269b55c348af05d413a2.1777557228.git.kai.aizen.dev@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski

net: introduce ndo_set_rx_mode_async and netdev_rx_mode_work

2026-04-21T10:50:03+00:00

Add ndo_set_rx_mode_async callback that drivers can implement instead of the legacy ndo_set_rx_mode. The legacy callback runs under the netif_addr_lock spinlock with BHs disabled, preventing drivers from sleeping. The async variant runs from a work queue with rtnl_lock and netdev_lock_ops held, in fully sleepable context. When __dev_set_rx_mode() sees ndo_set_rx_mode_async, it schedules netdev_rx_mode_work instead of calling the driver inline. The work function takes two snapshots of each address list (uc/mc) under the addr_lock, then drops the lock and calls the driver with the work copies. After the driver returns, it reconciles the snapshots back to the real lists under the lock. Add netif_rx_mode_sync() to opportunistically execute the pending workqueue update inline, so that rx mode changes are committed before returning to userspace: - dev_change_flags (SIOCSIFFLAGS / RTM_NEWLINK) - dev_set_promiscuity - dev_set_allmulti - dev_ifsioc SIOCADDMULTI / SIOCDELMULTI - do_setlink (RTM_SETLINK) Note that some deep hierarchies still do skip the lower updates via: - dev_uc_sync - dev_mc_sync If we do end up hitting user-visible issues, we can add more calls to netif_rx_mode_sync in specific places. But hopefully we should not, the actual user-visible lists are still synced, it's that just HW state that might be lagging. Signed-off-by: Stanislav Fomichev Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260416185712.2155425-3-sdf@fomichev.me Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni

rtnetlink: add missing netlink_ns_capable() check for peer netns

2026-04-03T22:07:18+00:00

rtnl_newlink() lacks a CAP_NET_ADMIN capability check on the peer network namespace when creating paired devices (veth, vxcan, netkit). This allows an unprivileged user with a user namespace to create interfaces in arbitrary network namespaces, including init_net. Add a netlink_ns_capable() check for CAP_NET_ADMIN in the peer namespace before allowing device creation to proceed. Fixes: 81adee47dfb6 ("net: Support specifying the network namespace upon device creation.") Signed-off-by: Nikolaos Gkarlis Reviewed-by: Kuniyuki Iwashima Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260402181432.4126920-1-nickgarlis@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski

rtnetlink: fix leak of SRCU struct in rtnl_link_register

2026-03-25T03:56:02+00:00

Commit 6b57ff21a310 ("rtnetlink: Protect link_ops by mutex.") swapped the EEXIST check with the init_srcu_struct, but didn't add cleanup of the SRCU struct we just allocated in case of error. Fixes: 6b57ff21a310 ("rtnetlink: Protect link_ops by mutex.") Signed-off-by: Sabrina Dubroca Reviewed-by: Kuniyuki Iwashima Link: https://patch.msgid.link/e77fe499f9a58c547b33b5212b3596dad417cec6.1774025341.git.sd@queasysnail.net Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski

rtnetlink: count IFLA_INFO_SLAVE_KIND in if_nlmsg_size

2026-03-21T02:05:12+00:00

rtnl_link_get_slave_info_data_size counts IFLA_INFO_SLAVE_DATA, but rtnl_link_slave_info_fill adds both IFLA_INFO_SLAVE_DATA and IFLA_INFO_SLAVE_KIND. Fixes: ba7d49b1f0f8 ("rtnetlink: provide api for getting and setting slave info") Reviewed-by: Jiri Pirko Signed-off-by: Sabrina Dubroca Link: https://patch.msgid.link/049843b532e23cde7ddba263c0bbe35ba6f0d26d.1773919462.git.sd@queasysnail.net Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski

rtnetlink: count IFLA_PARENT_DEV_{NAME,BUS_NAME} in if_nlmsg_size

2026-03-21T02:05:11+00:00

Commit 00e77ed8e64d ("rtnetlink: add IFLA_PARENT_[DEV|DEV_BUS]_NAME") added those attributes to rtnl_fill_ifinfo, but forgot to extend if_nlmsg_size. Fixes: 00e77ed8e64d ("rtnetlink: add IFLA_PARENT_[DEV|DEV_BUS]_NAME") Signed-off-by: Sabrina Dubroca Link: https://patch.msgid.link/0b849da95562af45487080528d60f578636aba5c.1773919462.git.sd@queasysnail.net Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski

Convert 'alloc_obj' family to use the new default GFP_KERNEL argument

2026-02-22T01:09:51+00:00

This was done entirely with mindless brute force, using git grep -l '\

treewide: Replace kmalloc with kmalloc_obj for non-scalar types

2026-02-21T09:02:28+00:00

This is the result of running the Coccinelle script from scripts/coccinelle/api/kmalloc_objs.cocci. The script is designed to avoid scalar types (which need careful case-by-case checking), and instead replace kmalloc-family calls that allocate struct or union object instances: Single allocations: kmalloc(sizeof(TYPE), ...) are replaced with: kmalloc_obj(TYPE, ...) Array allocations: kmalloc_array(COUNT, sizeof(TYPE), ...) are replaced with: kmalloc_objs(TYPE, COUNT, ...) Flex array allocations: kmalloc(struct_size(PTR, FAM, COUNT), ...) are replaced with: kmalloc_flex(*PTR, FAM, COUNT, ...) (where TYPE may also be *VAR) The resulting allocations no longer return "void *", instead returning "TYPE *". Signed-off-by: Kees Cook

rtnetlink: honor RTEXT_FILTER_SKIP_STATS in IFLA_STATS

2025-11-05T00:07:37+00:00

Gathering interface statistics can be a relatively expensive operation on certain systems as it requires iterating over all the cpus. RTEXT_FILTER_SKIP_STATS was first introduced [1] to skip AF_INET6 statistics from interface dumps and it was then extended [2] to also exclude IFLA_VF_INFO. The semantics of the flag does not seem to be limited to AF_INET or VF statistics and having a way to query the interface status (e.g: carrier, address) without retrieving its statistics seems reasonable. So this patch extends the use RTEXT_FILTER_SKIP_STATS to also affect IFLA_STATS. [1] https://lore.kernel.org/all/20150911204848.GC9687@oracle.com/ [2] https://lore.kernel.org/all/20230611105108.122586-1-gal@nvidia.com/ Signed-off-by: Adrian Moreno Reviewed-by: Toke Høiland-Jørgensen Reviewed-by: Eric Dumazet Reviewed-by: Nicolas Dichtel Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251103154006.1189707-1-amorenoz@redhat.com Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski