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-rw-r--r--lib/nlattr.c16
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/lib/nlattr.c b/lib/nlattr.c
index 21ef3998b9d9..6dcbe1bedd3b 100644
--- a/lib/nlattr.c
+++ b/lib/nlattr.c
@@ -261,7 +261,9 @@ static int validate_nla(const struct nlattr *nla, int maxtype,
BUG_ON(pt->type > NLA_TYPE_MAX);
if ((nla_attr_len[pt->type] && attrlen != nla_attr_len[pt->type]) ||
- (pt->type == NLA_EXACT_LEN_WARN && attrlen != pt->len)) {
+ (pt->type == NLA_EXACT_LEN &&
+ pt->validation_type == NLA_VALIDATE_WARN_TOO_LONG &&
+ attrlen != pt->len)) {
pr_warn_ratelimited("netlink: '%s': attribute type %d has an invalid length.\n",
current->comm, type);
if (validate & NL_VALIDATE_STRICT_ATTRS) {
@@ -287,11 +289,6 @@ static int validate_nla(const struct nlattr *nla, int maxtype,
}
switch (pt->type) {
- case NLA_EXACT_LEN:
- if (attrlen != pt->len)
- goto out_err;
- break;
-
case NLA_REJECT:
if (extack && pt->reject_message) {
NL_SET_BAD_ATTR(extack, nla);
@@ -405,6 +402,13 @@ static int validate_nla(const struct nlattr *nla, int maxtype,
goto out_err;
break;
+ case NLA_EXACT_LEN:
+ if (pt->validation_type != NLA_VALIDATE_WARN_TOO_LONG) {
+ if (attrlen != pt->len)
+ goto out_err;
+ break;
+ }
+ /* fall through */
default:
if (pt->len)
minlen = pt->len;