[PATCH net-next] ethtool: plca: fix plca enable data type while parsing the value

From: Parthiban Veerasooran
Date: Thu Aug 31 2023 - 06:48:00 EST


The ETHTOOL_A_PLCA_ENABLED data type is u8. But while parsing the
value from the attribute, nla_get_u32() is used in the plca_update_sint()
function instead of nla_get_u8(). So plca_cfg.enabled variable is updated
with some garbage value instead of 0 or 1 and always enables plca even
though plca is disabled through ethtool application. This bug has been
fixed by implementing plca_update_sint_from_u8() function which uses
nla_get_u8() function to extract the plca_cfg.enabled value and the
function plca_update_sint_from_u32() is used for extracting the other
values using nla_get_u32() function.

Fixes: 8580e16c28f3 ("net/ethtool: add netlink interface for the PLCA RS")
Signed-off-by: Parthiban Veerasooran <Parthiban.Veerasooran@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
net/ethtool/plca.c | 34 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----------
1 file changed, 24 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/ethtool/plca.c b/net/ethtool/plca.c
index b238a1afe9ae..b4e80dd33590 100644
--- a/net/ethtool/plca.c
+++ b/net/ethtool/plca.c
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@ struct plca_reply_data {
#define PLCA_REPDATA(__reply_base) \
container_of(__reply_base, struct plca_reply_data, base)

-static void plca_update_sint(int *dst, const struct nlattr *attr,
- bool *mod)
+static void plca_update_sint_from_u32(int *dst, const struct nlattr *attr,
+ bool *mod)
{
if (!attr)
return;
@@ -31,6 +31,16 @@ static void plca_update_sint(int *dst, const struct nlattr *attr,
*mod = true;
}

+static void plca_update_sint_from_u8(int *dst, const struct nlattr *attr,
+ bool *mod)
+{
+ if (!attr)
+ return;
+
+ *dst = nla_get_u8(attr);
+ *mod = true;
+}
+
// PLCA get configuration message ------------------------------------------- //

const struct nla_policy ethnl_plca_get_cfg_policy[] = {
@@ -144,14 +154,18 @@ ethnl_set_plca(struct ethnl_req_info *req_info, struct genl_info *info)
return -EOPNOTSUPP;

memset(&plca_cfg, 0xff, sizeof(plca_cfg));
- plca_update_sint(&plca_cfg.enabled, tb[ETHTOOL_A_PLCA_ENABLED], &mod);
- plca_update_sint(&plca_cfg.node_id, tb[ETHTOOL_A_PLCA_NODE_ID], &mod);
- plca_update_sint(&plca_cfg.node_cnt, tb[ETHTOOL_A_PLCA_NODE_CNT], &mod);
- plca_update_sint(&plca_cfg.to_tmr, tb[ETHTOOL_A_PLCA_TO_TMR], &mod);
- plca_update_sint(&plca_cfg.burst_cnt, tb[ETHTOOL_A_PLCA_BURST_CNT],
- &mod);
- plca_update_sint(&plca_cfg.burst_tmr, tb[ETHTOOL_A_PLCA_BURST_TMR],
- &mod);
+ plca_update_sint_from_u8(&plca_cfg.enabled, tb[ETHTOOL_A_PLCA_ENABLED],
+ &mod);
+ plca_update_sint_from_u32(&plca_cfg.node_id, tb[ETHTOOL_A_PLCA_NODE_ID],
+ &mod);
+ plca_update_sint_from_u32(&plca_cfg.node_cnt,
+ tb[ETHTOOL_A_PLCA_NODE_CNT], &mod);
+ plca_update_sint_from_u32(&plca_cfg.to_tmr, tb[ETHTOOL_A_PLCA_TO_TMR],
+ &mod);
+ plca_update_sint_from_u32(&plca_cfg.burst_cnt,
+ tb[ETHTOOL_A_PLCA_BURST_CNT], &mod);
+ plca_update_sint_from_u32(&plca_cfg.burst_tmr,
+ tb[ETHTOOL_A_PLCA_BURST_TMR], &mod);
if (!mod)
return 0;

--
2.34.1