From 367cbfaae87c1f539c729b0653d920701beac3be Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Pablo Neira Ayuso Date: Sun, 20 Jul 2014 14:09:34 +0200 Subject: src: stricter netlink attribute length validation If the kernel sends us different data length for a given attribute, stop further processing and indicate that an ABI breakage has ocurred. This is an example of the (hypothetical) message that is shown in that case: nf_tables kernel ABI is broken, contact your vendor. table.c:214 reason: Numerical result out of range Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso --- src/table.c | 17 ++++------------- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-) (limited to 'src/table.c') diff --git a/src/table.c b/src/table.c index abbaa52..53f6a4d 100644 --- a/src/table.c +++ b/src/table.c @@ -205,22 +205,13 @@ static int nft_table_parse_attr_cb(const struct nlattr *attr, void *data) switch(type) { case NFTA_TABLE_NAME: - if (mnl_attr_validate(attr, MNL_TYPE_STRING) < 0) { - perror("mnl_attr_validate"); - return MNL_CB_ERROR; - } + if (mnl_attr_validate(attr, MNL_TYPE_STRING) < 0) + abi_breakage(); break; case NFTA_TABLE_FLAGS: - if (mnl_attr_validate(attr, MNL_TYPE_U32) < 0) { - perror("mnl_attr_validate"); - return MNL_CB_ERROR; - } - break; case NFTA_TABLE_USE: - if (mnl_attr_validate(attr, MNL_TYPE_U32) < 0) { - perror("mnl_attr_validate"); - return MNL_CB_ERROR; - } + if (mnl_attr_validate(attr, MNL_TYPE_U32) < 0) + abi_breakage(); break; } -- cgit v1.2.3