[PATCH net-next v2] genetlink: do not parse attributes for families with zero maxattr

[Michal Kubecek]

Commit c10e6cf85e7d ("net: genetlink: push attrbuf allocation and parsing
to a separate function") moved attribute buffer allocation and attribute
parsing from genl_family_rcv_msg_doit() into a separate function
genl_family_rcv_msg_attrs_parse() which, unlike the previous code, calls
__nlmsg_parse() even if family->maxattr is 0 (i.e. the family does its own
parsing). The parser error is ignored and does not propagate out of
genl_family_rcv_msg_attrs_parse() but an error message ("Unknown attribute
type") is set in extack and if further processing generates no error or
warning, it stays there and is interpreted as a warning by userspace.

Dumpit requests are not affected as genl_family_rcv_msg_dumpit() bypasses
the call of genl_family_rcv_msg_doit() if family->maxattr is zero. Do the
same also in genl_family_rcv_msg_doit().

Fixes: c10e6cf85e7d ("net: genetlink: push attrbuf allocation and parsing to a separate function")
Signed-off-by: Michal Kubecek <mkubecek@xxxxxxx>
---
 net/netlink/genetlink.c | 9 +++++----
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/netlink/genetlink.c b/net/netlink/genetlink.c
index ecc2bd3e73e4..1f14e55ad3ad 100644
--- a/net/netlink/genetlink.c
+++ b/net/netlink/genetlink.c
@@ -639,21 +639,23 @@ static int genl_family_rcv_msg_doit(const struct genl_family *family,
 				    const struct genl_ops *ops,
 				    int hdrlen, struct net *net)
 {
-	struct nlattr **attrbuf;
+	struct nlattr **attrbuf = NULL;
 	struct genl_info info;
 	int err;
 
 	if (!ops->doit)
 		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
 
+	if (!family->maxattr)
+		goto no_attrs;
 	attrbuf = genl_family_rcv_msg_attrs_parse(family, nlh, extack,
 						  ops, hdrlen,
 						  GENL_DONT_VALIDATE_STRICT,
-						  family->maxattr &&
 						  family->parallel_ops);
 	if (IS_ERR(attrbuf))
 		return PTR_ERR(attrbuf);
 
+no_attrs:
 	info.snd_seq = nlh->nlmsg_seq;
 	info.snd_portid = NETLINK_CB(skb).portid;
 	info.nlhdr = nlh;
@@ -676,8 +678,7 @@ static int genl_family_rcv_msg_doit(const struct genl_family *family,
 		family->post_doit(ops, skb, &info);
 
 out:
-	genl_family_rcv_msg_attrs_free(family, attrbuf,
-				       family->maxattr && family->parallel_ops);
+	genl_family_rcv_msg_attrs_free(family, attrbuf, family->parallel_ops);
 
 	return err;
 }
-- 
2.23.0