Re: [PATCH net-next 5/5] bridge: Use ndisc_parse_options() to parse ND options in br_nd_send()
From: Nikolay Aleksandrov
Date: Mon Jul 20 2026 - 05:37:47 EST
On 19/07/2026 16:34, Danielle Ratson wrote:
Replace the manual ND option parsing loop in br_nd_send() with
ndisc_parse_options(), which provides proper validation and avoids the
class of bugs that were fixed by commit 53fc685243bd ("bridge: Avoid
infinite loop when suppressing NS messages with invalid options") and
commit 850837965af1 ("bridge: br_nd_send: validate ND option lengths").
Use ndisc_opt_addr_data() to extract the source link-layer address
from the parsed options, which correctly validates the option length
for the underlying device type.
Export ndisc_parse_options() so that it can be resolved from the bridge
when it is built as a module (CONFIG_BRIDGE=m); otherwise modpost fails
with an undefined symbol.
Reviewed-by: Petr Machata <petrm@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Danielle Ratson <danieller@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
net/bridge/br_arp_nd_proxy.c | 32 +++++++++++++++++---------------
net/ipv6/ndisc.c | 1 +
2 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
Acked-by: Nikolay Aleksandrov <razor@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>