[PATCH 4.9 030/141] tun: Consistently configure generic netdev params via rtnetlink

[Greg Kroah-Hartman]

4.9-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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From: Serhey Popovych <serhe.popovych@xxxxxxxxx>

[ Upstream commit df52eab23d703142c766ac00bdb8db19d71238d0 ]

Configuring generic network device parameters on tun will fail in
presence of IFLA_INFO_KIND attribute in IFLA_LINKINFO nested attribute
since tun_validate() always return failure.

This can be visualized with following ip-link(8) command sequences:

  # ip link set dev tun0 group 100
  # ip link set dev tun0 group 100 type tun
  RTNETLINK answers: Invalid argument

with contrast to dummy and veth drivers:

  # ip link set dev dummy0 group 100
  # ip link set dev dummy0 type dummy

  # ip link set dev veth0 group 100
  # ip link set dev veth0 group 100 type veth

Fix by returning zero in tun_validate() when @data is NULL that is
always in case since rtnl_link_ops->maxtype is zero in tun driver.

Fixes: f019a7a594d9 ("tun: Implement ip link del tunXXX")
Signed-off-by: Serhey Popovych <serhe.popovych@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
 drivers/net/tun.c |    2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

--- a/drivers/net/tun.c
+++ b/drivers/net/tun.c
@@ -1570,6 +1570,8 @@ static void tun_setup(struct net_device
  */
 static int tun_validate(struct nlattr *tb[], struct nlattr *data[])
 {
+	if (!data)
+		return 0;
 	return -EINVAL;
 }