[PATCH net-next 2/8] ipv6: Use nlmsg_payload in addrconf file

From: Breno Leitao
Date: Tue Apr 15 2025 - 15:29:49 EST


Leverage the new nlmsg_payload() helper to avoid checking for message
size and then reading the nlmsg data.

Signed-off-by: Breno Leitao <leitao@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
net/ipv6/addrconf.c | 4 ++--
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
index 4af2761795428..ec6c4ca6d6d99 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
@@ -6112,7 +6112,8 @@ static int inet6_valid_dump_ifinfo(const struct nlmsghdr *nlh,
{
struct ifinfomsg *ifm;

- if (nlh->nlmsg_len < nlmsg_msg_size(sizeof(*ifm))) {
+ ifm = nlmsg_payload(nlh, sizeof(*ifm));
+ if (!ifm) {
NL_SET_ERR_MSG_MOD(extack, "Invalid header for link dump request");
return -EINVAL;
}
@@ -6122,7 +6123,6 @@ static int inet6_valid_dump_ifinfo(const struct nlmsghdr *nlh,
return -EINVAL;
}

- ifm = nlmsg_data(nlh);
if (ifm->__ifi_pad || ifm->ifi_type || ifm->ifi_flags ||
ifm->ifi_change || ifm->ifi_index) {
NL_SET_ERR_MSG_MOD(extack, "Invalid values in header for dump request");

--
2.47.1