Re: [PATCH iproute2] lib: add input validation for time, rate, and size parsing functions

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Hello:

This patch was applied to iproute2/iproute2-next.git (main)
by David Ahern <dsahern@kernel.org>:

On Tue, 21 Apr 2026 13:23:59 -0700 you wrote:
> The parsing functions get_time(), get_time64(), get_rate(), get_rate64(),
> and get_size64() use strtod() to convert user input but don't validate
> the parsed values. This allows negative numbers and overflow values to
> be passed through, which can cause unexpected behavior or security issues
> when these values reach the kernel as unsigned integers.
> 
> Add validation to reject:
> - Negative values (which make no sense for time, rate, or size)
> - Overflow conditions (when strtod() returns HUGE_VAL with ERANGE)
> - Empty strings (already checked, but now with explicit comments)
> 
> [...]

Here is the summary with links:
  - [iproute2] lib: add input validation for time, rate, and size parsing functions
    https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/network/iproute2/iproute2-next.git/commit/?id=c99a85a7c8eb

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