Re: [PATCH net RESEND] vxlan: vnifilter: enforce exact length of GROUP/GROUP6 attributes

From: patchwork-bot+netdevbpf

Date: Mon Aug 17 2026 - 19:21:44 EST


Hello:

This patch was applied to netdev/net.git (main)
by Jakub Kicinski <kuba@xxxxxxxxxx>:

On Wed, 12 Aug 2026 14:53:41 -0700 you wrote:
> The VXLAN VNI filter entry policy declares the GROUP/GROUP6 address
> attributes as NLA_BINARY with only a maximum length, so validate_nla()
> accepts a payload shorter than the address. The GROUP consumer reads it
> with nla_get_in_addr(), an unconditional 4-byte load, so a short
> attribute over-reads up to 3 bytes of uninitialised slab data, which are
> stored into remote_ip and echoed back via RTM_GETTUNNEL, disclosing
> kernel memory.
>
> [...]

Here is the summary with links:
- [net,RESEND] vxlan: vnifilter: enforce exact length of GROUP/GROUP6 attributes
https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net/c/984f831dda31

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