Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH net-next v2 3/3] netlink: add validation of NLA_F_NESTED flag | From | David Ahern <> | Date | Wed, 24 Jul 2019 19:46:22 -0700 |
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On 7/23/19 1:57 AM, Thomas Haller wrote: > Does this flag and strict validation really provide any value? Commonly a netlink message > is a plain TLV blob, and the meaning depends entirely on the policy.
Strict checking enables kernel side filtering and other features that require passing attributes as part of the dump request - like address dumps in a specific namespace.
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