Re: [PATCH net-next v1 01/11] wireguard: netlink: validate nested arrays in policy

From: Asbjørn Sloth Tønnesen

Date: Thu Oct 30 2025 - 05:46:39 EST


On 10/29/25 8:51 PM, Asbjørn Sloth Tønnesen wrote:
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireguard/netlink.c b/drivers/net/wireguard/netlink.c
index 67f962eb8b46d..9bc76e1bcba2d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireguard/netlink.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireguard/netlink.c
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ static const struct nla_policy device_policy[WGDEVICE_A_MAX + 1] = {
[WGDEVICE_A_FLAGS] = NLA_POLICY_MASK(NLA_U32, __WGDEVICE_F_ALL),
[WGDEVICE_A_LISTEN_PORT] = { .type = NLA_U16 },
[WGDEVICE_A_FWMARK] = { .type = NLA_U32 },
- [WGDEVICE_A_PEERS] = { .type = NLA_NESTED }
+ [WGDEVICE_A_PEERS] = NLA_POLICY_NESTED_ARRAY(peer_policy),
};
static const struct nla_policy peer_policy[WGPEER_A_MAX + 1] = {
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ static const struct nla_policy peer_policy[WGPEER_A_MAX + 1] = {
[WGPEER_A_LAST_HANDSHAKE_TIME] = NLA_POLICY_EXACT_LEN(sizeof(struct __kernel_timespec)),
[WGPEER_A_RX_BYTES] = { .type = NLA_U64 },
[WGPEER_A_TX_BYTES] = { .type = NLA_U64 },
- [WGPEER_A_ALLOWEDIPS] = { .type = NLA_NESTED },
+ [WGPEER_A_ALLOWEDIPS] = NLA_POLICY_NESTED_ARRAY(allowedip_policy),
[WGPEER_A_PROTOCOL_VERSION] = { .type = NLA_U32 }
};

Oops, I messed this patch up.

I will add forward declarations in v2, which will be removed again once the policy code is generated,
as that will be less messy than reordering the policies.

--
pw-bot: changes-requested