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SubjectRe: [PATCH] NET: catch signed nla_len() retval in tcf_simp_init()
jamal wrote:
> On Thu, 2008-17-04 at 06:55 +0200, Patrick McHardy wrote:
>
>> The change is also unnecessary because the attribute was
>> already validated and the length can not be less than zero.
>
> Since act_simple is an academic example:
> I think that a better solution is to add TCA_DEF_DATA (which is a
> string) to the nla_policy. nla_policy is defined but at the moment it is
> not used in the call to nla_parse_nested() - might as well use it.

Basic validity checks are always performed. But I agree, better
to provide a good example.


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