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authorYuan Zhaoming <yuanzm2@lenovo.com>2026-04-17 17:13:40 +0300
committerJakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>2026-04-20 21:46:57 +0300
commita663bac71a2f0b3ac6c373168ca57b2a6e6381aa (patch)
tree845ed2aa9fbf5af19f50c7c70bc5a1476b2685b1
parent5638504a2aa9e1b9d72af9060df1a160cce2d379 (diff)
downloadlinux-a663bac71a2f0b3ac6c373168ca57b2a6e6381aa.tar.xz
net: mctp: fix don't require received header reserved bits to be zero
From the MCTP Base specification (DSP0236 v1.2.1), the first byte of the MCTP header contains a 4 bit reserved field, and 4 bit version. On our current receive path, we require those 4 reserved bits to be zero, but the 9500-8i card is non-conformant, and may set these reserved bits. DSP0236 states that the reserved bits must be written as zero, and ignored when read. While the device might not conform to the former, we should accept these message to conform to the latter. Relax our check on the MCTP version byte to allow non-zero bits in the reserved field. Fixes: 889b7da23abf ("mctp: Add initial routing framework") Signed-off-by: Yuan Zhaoming <yuanzm2@lenovo.com> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Acked-by: Jeremy Kerr <jk@codeconstruct.com.au> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260417141340.5306-1-yuanzhaoming901030@126.com Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
-rw-r--r--include/net/mctp.h3
-rw-r--r--net/mctp/route.c8
2 files changed, 9 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/include/net/mctp.h b/include/net/mctp.h
index e1e0a69afdce..d8bf9074110d 100644
--- a/include/net/mctp.h
+++ b/include/net/mctp.h
@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@ struct mctp_hdr {
#define MCTP_VER_MIN 1
#define MCTP_VER_MAX 1
+/* Definitions for ver field */
+#define MCTP_HDR_VER_MASK GENMASK(3, 0)
+
/* Definitions for flags_seq_tag field */
#define MCTP_HDR_FLAG_SOM BIT(7)
#define MCTP_HDR_FLAG_EOM BIT(6)
diff --git a/net/mctp/route.c b/net/mctp/route.c
index 26fb8c6bbad2..1f3dccbb7aed 100644
--- a/net/mctp/route.c
+++ b/net/mctp/route.c
@@ -441,6 +441,7 @@ static int mctp_dst_input(struct mctp_dst *dst, struct sk_buff *skb)
unsigned long f;
u8 tag, flags;
int rc;
+ u8 ver;
msk = NULL;
rc = -EINVAL;
@@ -467,7 +468,8 @@ static int mctp_dst_input(struct mctp_dst *dst, struct sk_buff *skb)
netid = mctp_cb(skb)->net;
skb_pull(skb, sizeof(struct mctp_hdr));
- if (mh->ver != 1)
+ ver = mh->ver & MCTP_HDR_VER_MASK;
+ if (ver < MCTP_VER_MIN || ver > MCTP_VER_MAX)
goto out;
flags = mh->flags_seq_tag & (MCTP_HDR_FLAG_SOM | MCTP_HDR_FLAG_EOM);
@@ -1317,6 +1319,7 @@ static int mctp_pkttype_receive(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev,
struct mctp_dst dst;
struct mctp_hdr *mh;
int rc;
+ u8 ver;
rcu_read_lock();
mdev = __mctp_dev_get(dev);
@@ -1334,7 +1337,8 @@ static int mctp_pkttype_receive(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev,
/* We have enough for a header; decode and route */
mh = mctp_hdr(skb);
- if (mh->ver < MCTP_VER_MIN || mh->ver > MCTP_VER_MAX)
+ ver = mh->ver & MCTP_HDR_VER_MASK;
+ if (ver < MCTP_VER_MIN || ver > MCTP_VER_MAX)
goto err_drop;
/* source must be valid unicast or null; drop reserved ranges and