From: David Ahern <dsah...@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 5 Dec 2017 12:55:40 -0700
> Commit 28033ae4e0f5 ("net: netlink: Update attr validation to require
> exact length for some types") requires attributes using types NLA_U* and
> NLA_S* to have an exact length. This change is exposing bugs in various
> userspace commands that are sending attributes with an invalid length
> (e.g., attribute has type NLA_U8 and userspace sends NLA_U32). While
> the commands are clearly broken and need to be fixed, users are arguing
> that the sudden change in enforcement is breaking older commands on
> newer kernels for use cases that otherwise "worked".
>
> Relax the validation to print a warning mesage similar to what is done
> for messages containing extra bytes after parsing.
>
> Fixes: 28033ae4e0f5 ("net: netlink: Update attr validation to require exact
> length for some types")
> Signed-off-by: David Ahern <dsah...@gmail.com>
David, please address Johannes's feedback and I'll apply this.
Thank you.
