[PATCH net-next 1/2] net: ipv6: seg6: report lwtunnel setup errors via extack

From: Gabriel Goller

Date: Fri Sep 18 2026 - 11:46:17 EST


seg6_build_state() rejected invalid configurations with a generic
-EINVAL, so "ip route add ... encap seg6 ..." always reported "Invalid
argument".

Attach an extack message to each of them. The checks themselves and
their return values are unchanged.

Signed-off-by: Gabriel Goller <g.goller@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
net/ipv6/seg6_iptunnel.c | 25 ++++++++++++++++++++-----
1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/ipv6/seg6_iptunnel.c b/net/ipv6/seg6_iptunnel.c
index 61c6a27bf202..e7f75970e26e 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/seg6_iptunnel.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/seg6_iptunnel.c
@@ -756,8 +756,12 @@ static int seg6_build_state(struct net *net, struct nlattr *nla,
struct seg6_lwt *slwt;
int err;

- if (family != AF_INET && family != AF_INET6)
+ if (family != AF_INET && family != AF_INET6) {
+ NL_SET_ERR_MSG(
+ extack,
+ "unsupported address family for SRv6 encapsulation");
return -EINVAL;
+ }

err = nla_parse_nested_deprecated(tb, SEG6_IPTUNNEL_MAX, nla,
seg6_iptunnel_policy, extack);
@@ -765,8 +769,10 @@ static int seg6_build_state(struct net *net, struct nlattr *nla,
if (err < 0)
return err;

- if (!tb[SEG6_IPTUNNEL_SRH])
+ if (!tb[SEG6_IPTUNNEL_SRH]) {
+ NL_SET_ERR_MSG(extack, "missing SRv6 SRH attribute");
return -EINVAL;
+ }

tuninfo = nla_data(tb[SEG6_IPTUNNEL_SRH]);
tuninfo_len = nla_len(tb[SEG6_IPTUNNEL_SRH]);
@@ -776,13 +782,18 @@ static int seg6_build_state(struct net *net, struct nlattr *nla,
*/
min_size = sizeof(*tuninfo) + sizeof(struct ipv6_sr_hdr) +
sizeof(struct in6_addr);
- if (tuninfo_len < min_size)
+ if (tuninfo_len < min_size) {
+ NL_SET_ERR_MSG(extack, "truncated SRv6 SRH attribute");
return -EINVAL;
+ }

switch (tuninfo->mode) {
case SEG6_IPTUN_MODE_INLINE:
- if (family != AF_INET6)
+ if (family != AF_INET6) {
+ NL_SET_ERR_MSG(extack,
+ "inline mode requires an IPv6 route");
return -EINVAL;
+ }

if (tb[SEG6_IPTUNNEL_SRC]) {
NL_SET_ERR_MSG(extack, "incompatible mode for tunsrc");
@@ -798,12 +809,16 @@ static int seg6_build_state(struct net *net, struct nlattr *nla,
case SEG6_IPTUN_MODE_L2ENCAP_RED:
break;
default:
+ NL_SET_ERR_MSG(extack, "invalid SRv6 encapsulation mode");
return -EINVAL;
}

/* verify that SRH is consistent */
- if (!seg6_validate_srh(tuninfo->srh, tuninfo_len - sizeof(*tuninfo), false))
+ if (!seg6_validate_srh(tuninfo->srh, tuninfo_len - sizeof(*tuninfo),
+ false)) {
+ NL_SET_ERR_MSG(extack, "invalid SRv6 segment routing header");
return -EINVAL;
+ }

newts = lwtunnel_state_alloc(tuninfo_len + sizeof(*slwt));
if (!newts)
--
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