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[net-next,v2,03/10] neighbour: Use nlmsg_payload in neigh_valid_get_req

Message ID 20250414-nlmsg-v2-3-3d90cb42c6af@debian.org (mailing list archive)
State Accepted
Commit 2d1f827f0642261d5c955d3d30b5f997e06ce7a9
Delegated to: Netdev Maintainers
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Series net: Introduce nlmsg_payload helper | expand

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Commit Message

Breno Leitao April 14, 2025, 1:24 p.m. UTC 
Update neigh_valid_get_req function to utilize the new nlmsg_payload()
helper function.

This change improves code clarity and safety by ensuring that the
Netlink message payload is properly validated before accessing its data.

Signed-off-by: Breno Leitao <leitao@debian.org>
Reviewed-by: Kuniyuki Iwashima <kuniyu@amazon.com>
---
 net/core/neighbour.c | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
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diff --git a/net/core/neighbour.c b/net/core/neighbour.c
index b6bc4836c6e45..65cf582b5dacd 100644
--- a/net/core/neighbour.c
+++ b/net/core/neighbour.c
@@ -2855,12 +2855,12 @@  static int neigh_valid_get_req(const struct nlmsghdr *nlh,
 	struct ndmsg *ndm;
 	int err, i;
 
-	if (nlh->nlmsg_len < nlmsg_msg_size(sizeof(*ndm))) {
+	ndm = nlmsg_payload(nlh, sizeof(*ndm));
+	if (!ndm) {
 		NL_SET_ERR_MSG(extack, "Invalid header for neighbor get request");
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
-	ndm = nlmsg_data(nlh);
 	if (ndm->ndm_pad1  || ndm->ndm_pad2  || ndm->ndm_state ||
 	    ndm->ndm_type) {
 		NL_SET_ERR_MSG(extack, "Invalid values in header for neighbor get request");