The netlink attribute length field nla_len is a __u16, which can only
represent values up to 65535 bytes. NICs with a large number of
statistics strings (e.g. mlx5_core with thousands of ETH_SS_STATS
entries) can produce a ETHTOOL_A_STRINGSET_STRINGS nest that exceeds
this limit.
When nla_nest_end() writes the actual nest size back to nla_len, the
value is silently truncated. This results in a corrupted netlink message
being sent to userspace: the parser reads a wrong (truncated) attribute
length and misaligns all subsequent attribute boundaries, causing decode
errors.
Fix this by using the new helper nla_nest_end_safe and error out if
the size exceeds U16_MAX.
Signed-off-by: Hangbin Liu <liuhangbin@gmail.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260408-b4-ynl_ethtool-v2-5-7623a5e8f70b@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
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