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Please see the comment in below code\n\nstatic int dcbnl_bcn_setcfg(...)\n{\n ...\n ret = nla_parse_nested_deprecated(..., dcbnl_pfc_up_nest, .. )\n // !!! dcbnl_pfc_up_nest for attributes\n // DCB_PFC_UP_ATTR_0 to DCB_PFC_UP_ATTR_ALL in enum dcbnl_pfc_up_attrs\n ...\n for (i = DCB_BCN_ATTR_RP_0; i <= DCB_BCN_ATTR_RP_7; i++) {\n // !!! DCB_BCN_ATTR_RP_0 to DCB_BCN_ATTR_RP_7 in enum dcbnl_bcn_attrs\n ...\n value_byte = nla_get_u8(data[i]);\n ...\n }\n ...\n for (i = DCB_BCN_ATTR_BCNA_0; i <= DCB_BCN_ATTR_RI; i++) {\n // !!! DCB_BCN_ATTR_BCNA_0 to DCB_BCN_ATTR_RI in enum dcbnl_bcn_attrs\n ...\n value_int = nla_get_u32(data[i]);\n ...\n }\n ...\n}\n\nThat is, the nla_parse_nested_deprecated uses dcbnl_pfc_up_nest\nattributes to parse nlattr defined in dcbnl_pfc_up_attrs. But the\nfollowing access code fetch each nlattr as dcbnl_bcn_attrs attributes.\nBy looking up the associated nla_policy for dcbnl_bcn_attrs. We can find\nthe beginning part of these two policies are \"same\".\n\nstatic const struct nla_policy dcbnl_pfc_up_nest[...] = {\n [DCB_PFC_UP_ATTR_0] = {.type = NLA_U8},\n [DCB_PFC_UP_ATTR_1] = {.type = NLA_U8},\n [DCB_PFC_UP_ATTR_2] = {.type = NLA_U8},\n [DCB_PFC_UP_ATTR_3] = {.type = NLA_U8},\n [DCB_PFC_UP_ATTR_4] = {.type = NLA_U8},\n [DCB_PFC_UP_ATTR_5] = {.type = NLA_U8},\n [DCB_PFC_UP_ATTR_6] = {.type = NLA_U8},\n [DCB_PFC_UP_ATTR_7] = {.type = NLA_U8},\n [DCB_PFC_UP_ATTR_ALL] = {.type = NLA_FLAG},\n};\n\nstatic const struct nla_policy dcbnl_bcn_nest[...] = {\n [DCB_BCN_ATTR_RP_0] = {.type = NLA_U8},\n [DCB_BCN_ATTR_RP_1] = {.type = NLA_U8},\n [DCB_BCN_ATTR_RP_2] = {.type = NLA_U8},\n [DCB_BCN_ATTR_RP_3] = {.type = NLA_U8},\n [DCB_BCN_ATTR_RP_4] = {.type = NLA_U8},\n [DCB_BCN_ATTR_RP_5] = {.type = NLA_U8},\n [DCB_BCN_ATTR_RP_6] = {.type = NLA_U8},\n [DCB_BCN_ATTR_RP_7] = {.type = NLA_U8},\n [DCB_BCN_ATTR_RP_ALL] = {.type = NLA_FLAG},\n // from here is somewhat different\n [DCB_BCN_ATTR_BCNA_0] = {.type = NLA_U32},\n ...\n [DCB_BCN_ATTR_ALL] = {.type = NLA_FLAG},\n};\n\nTherefore, the current code is buggy and this\nnla_parse_nested_deprecated could overflow the dcbnl_pfc_up_nest and use\nthe adjacent nla_policy to parse attributes from DCB_BCN_ATTR_BCNA_0.\n\nHence use the correct policy dcbnl_bcn_nest to parse the nested\ntb[DCB_ATTR_BCN] TLV.", "affected": [ { "vendor": "Linux", "product": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "unaffected", "versions": [ { "version": "859ee3c43812051e21816c6d6d4cc04fb7ce9b2e", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git", "lessThan": "5b3dbedb8d4a0f9f7ce904d76b885438af2a21f9" }, { "version": "859ee3c43812051e21816c6d6d4cc04fb7ce9b2e", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git", "lessThan": "8e309f43d0ca4051d20736c06a6f84bbddd881da" }, { "version": "859ee3c43812051e21816c6d6d4cc04fb7ce9b2e", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git", "lessThan": "a0da2684db18dead3bcee12fb185e596e3d63c2b" }, { "version": "859ee3c43812051e21816c6d6d4cc04fb7ce9b2e", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git", "lessThan": "ecff20e193207b44fdbfe64d7de89890f0a7fe6c" }, { "version": "859ee3c43812051e21816c6d6d4cc04fb7ce9b2e", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git", "lessThan": "199fde04bd875d28b3a5ca525eaaa004eec6e947" }, { "version": "859ee3c43812051e21816c6d6d4cc04fb7ce9b2e", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git", "lessThan": "31d49ba033095f6e8158c60f69714a500922e0c3" } ] }, { "vendor": "Linux", "product": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "affected", "versions": [ { "version": "2.6.29", "status": "affected" }, { "version": "0", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver", "lessThan": "2.6.29" }, { "version": "5.4.253", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver", "lessThanOrEqual": "5.4.*" }, { "version": "5.10.190", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver", "lessThanOrEqual": "5.10.*" }, { "version": "5.15.126", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver", "lessThanOrEqual": "5.15.*" }, { "version": "6.1.45", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.1.*" }, { "version": "6.4.10", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.4.*" }, { "version": "6.5", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "original_commit_for_fix", "lessThanOrEqual": "*" } ] } ] } } }