When allocating rtnl dump messages, struct ifla_port_vsi is never dumped,
so we can save header plus payload in rtnl_port_size(). Infact, attribute
IFLA_PORT_VSI_TYPE and struct ifla_port_vsi are not used anywhere in
the kernel. We only need to keep the nla policy should applications in
user space be filling this out. Same NLA_BINARY issue exists as was fixed
in 364d5716a7ad ("rtnetlink: ifla_vf_policy: fix misuses of NLA_BINARY")
and others, but then again IFLA_PORT_VSI_TYPE is not used anywhere, so
just add a comment that it's unused.

Signed-off-by: Daniel Borkmann <dan...@iogearbox.net>
---
 ( Found while reviewing NLA_BINARY longer time ago. )

 net/core/rtnetlink.c | 11 +++++++----
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/core/rtnetlink.c b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
index adfb54b..ed1ab03 100644
--- a/net/core/rtnetlink.c
+++ b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
@@ -876,8 +876,6 @@ static size_t rtnl_port_size(const struct net_device *dev,
 {
        size_t port_size = nla_total_size(4)            /* PORT_VF */
                + nla_total_size(PORT_PROFILE_MAX)      /* PORT_PROFILE */
-               + nla_total_size(sizeof(struct ifla_port_vsi))
-                                                       /* PORT_VSI_TYPE */
                + nla_total_size(PORT_UUID_MAX)         /* PORT_INSTANCE_UUID */
                + nla_total_size(PORT_UUID_MAX)         /* PORT_HOST_UUID */
                + nla_total_size(1)                     /* PROT_VDP_REQUEST */
@@ -1491,14 +1489,19 @@ static int rtnl_fill_ifinfo(struct sk_buff *skb, struct 
net_device *dev,
        [IFLA_PORT_VF]          = { .type = NLA_U32 },
        [IFLA_PORT_PROFILE]     = { .type = NLA_STRING,
                                    .len = PORT_PROFILE_MAX },
-       [IFLA_PORT_VSI_TYPE]    = { .type = NLA_BINARY,
-                                   .len = sizeof(struct ifla_port_vsi)},
        [IFLA_PORT_INSTANCE_UUID] = { .type = NLA_BINARY,
                                      .len = PORT_UUID_MAX },
        [IFLA_PORT_HOST_UUID]   = { .type = NLA_STRING,
                                    .len = PORT_UUID_MAX },
        [IFLA_PORT_REQUEST]     = { .type = NLA_U8, },
        [IFLA_PORT_RESPONSE]    = { .type = NLA_U16, },
+
+       /* Unused, but we need to keep it here since user space could
+        * fill it. It's also broken with regard to NLA_BINARY use in
+        * combination with structs.
+        */
+       [IFLA_PORT_VSI_TYPE]    = { .type = NLA_BINARY,
+                                   .len = sizeof(struct ifla_port_vsi) },
 };
 
 static const struct nla_policy ifla_xdp_policy[IFLA_XDP_MAX + 1] = {
-- 
1.9.3

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