FAILED: patch "[PATCH] netfilter: nf_tables: stricter validation of element data" failed to apply to 5.4-stable tree

[<gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>]

The patch below does not apply to the 5.4-stable tree.
If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm
tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit
id to <stable@vger.kernel.org>.

thanks,

greg k-h

------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------

From 7e6bc1f6cabcd30aba0b11219d8e01b952eacbb6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
Date: Sat, 2 Jul 2022 04:16:30 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] netfilter: nf_tables: stricter validation of element data

Make sure element data type and length do not mismatch the one specified
by the set declaration.

Fixes: 7d7402642eaf ("netfilter: nf_tables: variable sized set element keys / data")
Reported-by: Hugues ANGUELKOV <hanguelkov@randorisec.fr>
Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>

diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c b/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
index 51144fc66889..d6b59beab3a9 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
@@ -5213,13 +5213,20 @@ static int nft_setelem_parse_data(struct nft_ctx *ctx, struct nft_set *set,
 				  struct nft_data *data,
 				  struct nlattr *attr)
 {
+	u32 dtype;
 	int err;
 
 	err = nft_data_init(ctx, data, NFT_DATA_VALUE_MAXLEN, desc, attr);
 	if (err < 0)
 		return err;
 
-	if (desc->type != NFT_DATA_VERDICT && desc->len != set->dlen) {
+	if (set->dtype == NFT_DATA_VERDICT)
+		dtype = NFT_DATA_VERDICT;
+	else
+		dtype = NFT_DATA_VALUE;
+
+	if (dtype != desc->type ||
+	    set->dlen != desc->len) {
 		nft_data_release(data, desc->type);
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}