[PATCH v4] net: ipv6: seg6: report lwtunnel setup errors via extack

From: Gabriel Goller

Date: Mon Oct 05 2026 - 10:11:36 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>
---

v4 (https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260923120228.172643-1-g.goller@xxxxxxxxxxx/):
* use NL_SET_ERR_MSG when the SRH attr is missing
* use NL_SET_ERR_MSG_ATTR when we have an invalid attr

v3 (https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260922090851.38978-1-g.goller@xxxxxxxxxxx/):
* format fix
* use NL_SET_ERR_MSG_ATTR

v2 (https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260918153544.1178884-1-g.goller@xxxxxxxxxxx/):
* dropped tests

net/ipv6/seg6_iptunnel.c | 27 ++++++++++++++++++++++-----
1 file changed, 22 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/ipv6/seg6_iptunnel.c b/net/ipv6/seg6_iptunnel.c
index 69a6ef5c5317..73160179a545 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/seg6_iptunnel.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/seg6_iptunnel.c
@@ -762,8 +762,11 @@ 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);
@@ -771,8 +774,10 @@ 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]);
@@ -782,13 +787,19 @@ 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_ATTR(extack, tb[SEG6_IPTUNNEL_SRH],
+ "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_ATTR(extack, tb[SEG6_IPTUNNEL_SRH],
+ "inline mode requires an IPv6 route");
return -EINVAL;
+ }

if (tb[SEG6_IPTUNNEL_SRC]) {
NL_SET_ERR_MSG(extack, "incompatible mode for tunsrc");
@@ -804,12 +815,18 @@ static int seg6_build_state(struct net *net, struct nlattr *nla,
case SEG6_IPTUN_MODE_L2ENCAP_RED:
break;
default:
+ NL_SET_ERR_MSG_ATTR(extack, tb[SEG6_IPTUNNEL_SRH],
+ "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_ATTR(extack, tb[SEG6_IPTUNNEL_SRH],
+ "invalid SRv6 segment routing header");
return -EINVAL;
+ }

newts = lwtunnel_state_alloc(tuninfo_len + sizeof(*slwt));
if (!newts)
--
2.47.3