Re: [PATCH net-next v2 4/6] netconsole: reject a target mixing IPv4 and IPv6 addresses

From: Breno Leitao

Date: Tue Aug 11 2026 - 09:26:03 EST


On Mon, Aug 10, 2026 at 05:47:28PM +0100, Gustavo Luiz Duarte wrote:
> The local_ip and remote_ip configfs attributes are written independently
> and nothing stops a user from mixing ipv4 and ipv6. This leads to an
> ipv4 address being zero-extended into an ipv6 header or an ipv6 address
> being truncated to its first 4 bytes for an ipv4 header.
>
> The command-line parser already refuses such a mismatch. This adds a
> similar check when a dynamic target is being enabled.
>
> Signed-off-by: Gustavo Luiz Duarte <gustavold@xxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Breno Leitao <leitao@xxxxxxxxxx>