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    genetlink: do not parse attributes for families with zero maxattr · cb0ce18a
    Michal Kubecek authored
    Commit c10e6cf8 ("net: genetlink: push attrbuf allocation and parsing
    to a separate function") moved attribute buffer allocation and attribute
    parsing from genl_family_rcv_msg_doit() into a separate function
    genl_family_rcv_msg_attrs_parse() which, unlike the previous code, calls
    __nlmsg_parse() even if family->maxattr is 0 (i.e. the family does its own
    parsing). The parser error is ignored and does not propagate out of
    genl_family_rcv_msg_attrs_parse() but an error message ("Unknown attribute
    type") is set in extack and if further processing generates no error or
    warning, it stays there and is interpreted as a warning by userspace.
    
    Dumpit requests are not affected as genl_family_rcv_msg_dumpit() bypasses
    the call of genl_family_rcv_msg_attrs_parse() if family->maxattr is zero.
    Move this logic inside genl_family_rcv_msg_attrs_parse() so that we don't
    have to handle it in each caller.
    
    v3: put the check inside genl_family_rcv_msg_attrs_parse()
    v2: adjust also argument of genl_family_rcv_msg_attrs_free()
    
    Fixes: c10e6cf8 ("net: genetlink: push attrbuf allocation and parsing to a separate function")
    Signed-off-by: default avatarMichal Kubecek <mkubecek@suse.cz>
    Acked-by: default avatarJiri Pirko <jiri@mellanox.com>
    Acked-by: default avatarJakub Kicinski <jakub.kicinski@netronome.com>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
    cb0ce18a
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