Subject: Re: [patch v2] bridge: make buffer larger in br_setlink()

From: Dan Carpenter <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 7 Dec 2012 21:53:59 +0300

On Fri, Dec 07, 2012 at 05:07:24PM +0100, walter harms wrote:
> 
> 
> Am 07.12.2012 12:10, schrieb Dan Carpenter:
> > We pass IFLA_BRPORT_MAX to nla_parse_nested() so we need
> > IFLA_BRPORT_MAX + 1 elements.  Also Smatch complains that we read past
> > the end of the array when in br_set_port_flag() when it's called with
> > IFLA_BRPORT_FAST_LEAVE.
> > 
> 
> 
> 
> I have no clue why nla_parse_nested() need IFLA_BRPORT_MAX elements.
> but the majory of loop look like
> for(i=0;i<max;++)
> most programmers will think this way.
> So it seems the place to fix is nla_parse_nested().
> doing not so is asking for trouble (in the long run).
> At least this function needs a big warning label that (max-1)
> is actually needed.
> 

Yeah, nla_parse_nested() is actually documented already.

regards,
dan carpenter