From: patchwork-bot+netdevbpf@kernel.org
To: Gal Pressman <gal@nvidia.com>
Cc: davem@davemloft.net, edumazet@google.com, kuba@kernel.org,
pabeni@redhat.com, andrew+netdev@lunn.ch, netdev@vger.kernel.org,
andrew@lunn.ch, horms@kernel.org, dtatulea@nvidia.com,
tariqt@nvidia.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] ethtool: Avoid overflowing userspace buffer on stats query
Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2025 11:50:06 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <176605860680.2917136.4856127251413117124.git-patchwork-notify@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20251208121901.3203692-1-gal@nvidia.com>
Hello:
This patch was applied to netdev/net.git (main)
by Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>:
On Mon, 8 Dec 2025 14:19:01 +0200 you wrote:
> The ethtool -S command operates across three ioctl calls:
> ETHTOOL_GSSET_INFO for the size, ETHTOOL_GSTRINGS for the names, and
> ETHTOOL_GSTATS for the values.
>
> If the number of stats changes between these calls (e.g., due to device
> reconfiguration), userspace's buffer allocation will be incorrect,
> potentially leading to buffer overflow.
>
> [...]
Here is the summary with links:
- [net] ethtool: Avoid overflowing userspace buffer on stats query
https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net/c/7b07be1ff1cb
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2025-12-08 12:19 [PATCH net] ethtool: Avoid overflowing userspace buffer on stats query Gal Pressman
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