On Tue, Mar 24, 2026 at 03:56:27PM +0000, Ciara Loftus wrote:
> Commit c138a6c3bd0a ("net/i40e: validate raw flow items before
> dereferencing") rejected raw flow items when spec and mask length
> fields differ, intending to prevent out-of-bounds pattern access.
>
> This breaks flows using the default rte_flow_item_raw_mask, which
> sets mask.length to 0xffff regardless of the spec pattern size. Remove
> the erroneous check.
>
> Fixes: c138a6c3bd0a ("net/i40e: validate raw flow items before dereferencing")
> Cc: [email protected]
>
> Signed-off-by: Ciara Loftus <[email protected]>
> ---
Acked-by: Bruce Richardson <[email protected]>
Applied to dpdk-next-net-intel,
Thanks,
/Bruce
