From 9c5d03d362519f36cd551aec596388f895c93d2d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jakub Kicinski Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2022 17:18:30 -0700 Subject: genetlink: start to validate reserved header bytes We had historically not checked that genlmsghdr.reserved is 0 on input which prevents us from using those precious bytes in the future. One use case would be to extend the cmd field, which is currently just 8 bits wide and 256 is not a lot of commands for some core families. To make sure that new families do the right thing by default put the onus of opting out of validation on existing families. Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski Acked-by: Paul Moore (NetLabel) Signed-off-by: David S. Miller --- net/ncsi/ncsi-netlink.c | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) (limited to 'net/ncsi') diff --git a/net/ncsi/ncsi-netlink.c b/net/ncsi/ncsi-netlink.c index c189b4c8a182..d27f4eccce6d 100644 --- a/net/ncsi/ncsi-netlink.c +++ b/net/ncsi/ncsi-netlink.c @@ -768,6 +768,7 @@ static struct genl_family ncsi_genl_family __ro_after_init = { .module = THIS_MODULE, .small_ops = ncsi_ops, .n_small_ops = ARRAY_SIZE(ncsi_ops), + .resv_start_op = NCSI_CMD_SET_CHANNEL_MASK + 1, }; static int __init ncsi_init_netlink(void) -- cgit v1.2.3